Hendraburnick (, meaning ''rushy home farm'') is a farmstead near Davidstow,

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, England. On Hendraburnick Down is the source of the

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. In the medieval period, Hendraburnick was a manor held under

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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

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. Hendraburnick Quoit to the north east is a Late Neolithic

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, regarded as "the most decorated or deliberately marked stone in southern Britain".

Notes

:a. Historical alternative spellings include Hendrebrunnek, Hendrabunyck, Hendraburnycke, Hendraburneck, Hendraburnocke, Henderburnic, Hendrabornicke, and Henderburnick

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