2021

SW4025 : St Buryan from Chapel Carn Brea

taken 3 years ago, near to St Buryan, Cornwall, England

St Buryan from Chapel Carn Brea
St Buryan from Chapel Carn Brea
The views from the top of Chapel Carn Brea are excellent. This is looking south-eastwards to the village of St Buryan with its eponymous church. The conspicuous tower is 92' high and dates from 1501, though there has been a church on this site since at least 930AD in the reign of Æthelstan.
Even older, in a field below the tower (as viewed) is a prominent standing stone called Trevorgans Menhir at SW 40490 26132 - see SW4026 : Trevorgans menhir and SW4026 : Trevorgans menhir for much closer views of this neolithic relic.
See shared description below:
Chapel Carn Brea :: SW3827

A plaque at the entrance to the car park for this hill states:
"This hill, the most westerly in Britain* has long been an important landmark. The Bronze Age cairn of a type only found in Scilly and West Cornwall, is surrounded by smaller burial monuments. In the medieval period, a hermitage and chapel stood here, giving the hill its name. The associated beacon was maintained by the fishermen of St, Just and is still lit every midsummer eve. During the last war, a military observation post was built into the cairn as part of a small RADAR station."
* Note: I think that this should be England rather than Britain as Corrachadh Mòr on Ardnamurchan in Scotland is considerably further west.
The hill rises to 650' (198m)
On the summit is a chambered cairn 30' (9m) diameter with a south-facing entrance, built in the late neolithic period. The chamber was 8.9' (2.7m) long by 3.6' (1.1m) wide and 3.9' (1.2m) high.
There is the remains of an early neolithic long cairn to the west of the summit 36' (11m) long built within a natural granite outcrop extending its length by 85' (26m)
The views from the top of the hill are excellent, especially in a westerly direction out over Lands End to the Atlantic.


Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Rob Farrow and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement Primary Subject: Village View
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · St Buryan Village [18] · Looking [10] · Tower of St [9] · Field [3] ·
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SW4025, 122 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Rob Farrow   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 1 October, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 8 November, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SW 408 257 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:4.5048N 5:37.3747W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SW 385 275
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Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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