St Cleer

St Cleer is a village on the southern edge of Bodmin Moor, about 3 miles north of Liskeard. The village is ringed by prehistoric monuments: the Trethevy Quoit, a Neolithic portal dolmen with a massive capstone standing about a mile north-east of the village, is among the best-preserved megalithic tombs in Cornwall. The Hurlers stone circles - three Bronze Age circles in a row - are 2 miles north near Minions. King Doniert’s Stone, an inscribed 9th-century memorial to a Cornish king, is on the road between St Cleer and Redgate.

The medieval holy well of St Cleer sits just below the church and was used for baptisms. The well house dates from the 15th century. The village church itself has a 15th-century tower and sits at the centre of a working community with a pub, a village hall, and a primary school. The nearby village of Minions, at over 1,000 feet above sea level, is the highest village in Cornwall and a starting point for walks across the open moor.

Bodmin Moor offers walking directly from the village across open moorland, with views to Caradon Hill (crowned by a TV mast) to the north-east and Kit Hill to the east. Liskeard, the nearest market town with supermarkets and rail connections to Plymouth and Penzance, is about 3 miles south. Holiday cottages in the St Cleer area are typically stone-built and positioned with moorland views.