Carn Brea Stones
by Terri Waters
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Carn Brea Stones
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Terri Waters
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Description
Visible for miles around mid Cornwall, you can’t miss the Carn Brea Monument, standing high above Camborne and Redruth as a reminder of this areas mining past.
Built in 1836, this 90-foot-high granite cross topped column was a tribute to Francis Basset, philanthropist and member of the most important mining family in the area.
The slopes of the carn are littered with boulders and stones which tell another story. 6,000 years ago, granite walls and ramparts which once circled the tors and sites of Roman and Bronze Age artefacts, Iron Age roundhouses and, legend has it, the petrified bones of the Giant of Carn Brea, John of Gaunt have been discovered.
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May 9th, 2023
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