Hendraburnick (Cornish: Hendra Bronnik, meaning rushy home farm) is a farmstead near Davidstow, Cornwall, England. On Hendraburnick Down is the source of the River Camel.
In the medieval period, Hendraburnick was a manor held under Launceston Castle. Feet of fines records that in 1383 some land in the settlement of Hendraburnick was held by a Roger Knyght, reverting on his death to a John Lordman of Treleigh.
A 17th century farmhouse there is a grade II listed building.
Hendraburnick Quoit to the north east is a Late Neolithic dolmen, regarded as "the most decorated or deliberately marked stone in southern Britain".
See also
Notes
- a. Historical alternative spellings include Hendrebrunnek, Hendrabunyck, Hendraburnycke, Hendraburneck, Hendraburnocke, Henderburnic, Hendrabornicke, and Henderburnick
References
- Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 190 Bude & Clovelly (Map). Ordnance Survey. ISBN 978-0-319-23145-6.
- Daniel Lysons; Samuel Lysons (1814). "Davidstow". Magna Britannia. Vol. 3.
- Joseph Hambley Rowe, ed. (1914). "A.D. 1383-1384". Cornwall feet of fines. The publications of the Devon & Cornwall record society. Vol. 2. The Devon and Cornwall record society. p. 21.
- Historic England. "Old Farmhouse at Hendraburnick (1328285)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- Jones, Andy M.; Goskar, Thomas (3 July 2017). "Hendraburnick 'Quoit': recording and dating rock art in the west of Britain". Time and Mind. 10 (3): 277–292. doi:10.1080/1751696X.2017.1341241. ISSN 1751-696X. S2CID 135019477.
- "Is stone most decorated in southern Britain?". Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- Chris Bond (2007). An Index to the Historical Place Names of Cornwall: Vol 1 - A to K. ISBN 9780952206422.
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