Sancreed Beacon

Sancreed Beacon is a Bronze Age archaeological site near the village of Sancreed in the Penwith peninsula of Cornwall maintained by the Cornwall Heritage Trust. On top of the hill are several stone cists and Bronze Age archaeological remains comprising burial mounds and the remains of a Bronze Age hut on the Western slope.

Sancreed Beacon.

This site can be taken in the context of a rich variety of archaeological evidence in the vicinity from the Iron Age, Bronze Age and dating as far back as Neolithic times including Carn Euny Iron Age village 1 mile to the southwest, Caer Bran Hill Fort half a mile southwest, Sancreed Holy Well to the southeast, and Bartinney Castle to the west about 1 mile.[1] [2] [3] [4]

References
  1. "Sancreed Beacon:: OS grid SW4129". Geograph Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
  2. "Oliver's Cornwall - Antiquities". Oliver Howes. 2008-12-19. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
  3. "Sancreed, Cornwall on the Lands End peninsula". Cornwall-calling.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
  4. "MONUMENT NO. 422483". Pastscape. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
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