Carn Brea Cornwall 365
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Carn Brea Sunset Colours
Place: »Carn Brea
Category: »Sunsets and Sunrises
About: Shades of pink in the afterglow of a fine sunset on the top of Carn Brea near Redruth.
Photograph Added: 18th April 2007
Carn Brea Sunset
Place: »Carn Brea
Category: »Sunsets and Sunrises
About: Post sunset light over granite rock at the top of Carn Brea. There are traces of human occupation on Carn Brea dating back to the Neolithic period. The earliest Neolithic settlement at Carn Brea was a tor enclosure occupied between around 3700 and 34......
Photograph Added: 17th April 2007
Pool At Night
Place: »Carn Brea
Category: »Night
About: The lights of Pool from the top of Carn Brea about one hour after the sun had set.
Photograph Added: 13th April 2007
Paraglider
Place: »Carn Brea
Category: »Sport
About: Carn Brea seems to be a good spot for Paraglider's. This person was able find good thermals with ease. Just like Gliders and Hang Gliders, Paraglider's need thermals in order to stay in flight.
Photograph Added: 15th May 2006
Enjoying The View
Place: »Carn Brea
Category: »Sport
About: No doubt this Paraglider enjoyed the views of the Camborne Pool Redruth area. At the left of this image you can just see the pumping engine house at the East Pool Mining Museum.
Photograph Added: 15th May 2006
Paragliding
Place: »Carn Brea
Category: »Sport
About: A pair of paraglider's over Carn Brea. The paraglider wing is a self-inflating structure consisting of a row of cells, most of them open at the front and all of them closed at the back, joined together side by side.
Photograph Added: 15th May 2006
About Carn Brea Cornwall.
Carn Brea, pronounced Bray, lies to the south of Redruth .
This dramatic and windswept granite hill rises to about 738 feet above sea level. At its summit is a 90 foot monument to Francis Basset who was a Georgian land and mine owner who did much to improve the lot of the poor workers in the area.
Carn Brea is the site of earliest known Neolithic habitation in southern Britain. There is evidence to show that the Neolithic ramparts of the hill fort were partly remodelled during the Iron Age and a collection of stone round houses were built inside at the time
To the east of the monument is a small castle with parts of the building dating back to medieval times. In the 1700’s this castle was used as a hunting lodge by the Basset family but today it is a restaurant with superb views over the surrounding countryside.
A Midsummer Bonfire ceremony is held at the top of Carn Brea every June and draw crowds of people every year. This ceremony is based on a pagan ritual and bonfires are lit as a signal to other beacons to light their fires. From Lands End to the River Tamar each fire is blessed in Cornish, flowers and herbs are burnt and young people leap across the dying embers to ward off evil and bring good luck.
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