Chapel Carn Brea

Chapel Carn Brea

Coordinates: 50°05′38″N 5°39′25″W / 50.094°N 5.657°W / 50.094; -5.657

Chapel Carn Brea is an elevated granite outcrop at the northern edge of the civil parish of St Buryan, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is three miles (5 km) south of St Just and two miles (3.5 km) east of Sennen Cove. It should not be confused with Carn Brea hill overlooking the Camborne-Redruth area

Chapel Carn Brea is often described as the first hill in Cornwall (from a westerly perspective) and rises 657 feet/200 Metres above sea level. The hill is an important historical site showing evidence of neolithic activity, as well as the remains of the chapel from which it is named.

Plaque at Chapel Carn Brea, the highest point in St Buryan parish
View from Chapel Carn Brea towards St Levan
Neolithic remains at the summit of Chapel Carn brea

During the second world war the summit housed a Royal Air Force radar, a plaque is dedicated at the bottom of the hill near the carpark to those that served there.

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