The Beacon (Zennor)

Nearest town:
Penzance (6km SE)
OS reference:
SW44483646
OS sheet:
203
Latitude:
50° 10' 20.44 N
Longitude:
5° 34' 44.21 W
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Image of The Beacon (Zennor) (Round Barrow(s)) by thesweetcheat

Standing atop the northern barrow, looking up the slope to the southern barrow and contemplating how little I want to have to push back through the ring of gorse.

Image credit: A. Brookes (23.6.2011)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 12, 2011
Image of The Beacon (Zennor) (Round Barrow(s)) by thesweetcheat

The bracken-covered northern barrow, surrounded by a dense ring of gorse. Looking north out to sea.

Image credit: A. Brookes (23.6.2011)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 12, 2011

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The Beacon (Zennor)

thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 17, 2011

Crossing the route of the Tinners Way, the path becomes increasingly faint in amongst the thickening heather, which in turn gives way to ankle-taxing gorse. I have decided to visit the two barrows on The Beacon, even though this turns out to be a rather foolish idea. Progress becomes very slow, and the scratches on my ankles are now bleeding underneath my thin trouser legs. The things we do.

Eventually I reach the southern barrow, only to find it hidden under deep gorse. No thanks. I press on, painfully, trying to find patches of grass to cut through rather than more gorse. This takes a huge amount of faff, but eventually I reach the northern barrow, a low and very wide mound, covered in bracken. Which would be fine, except that there is a ring of deep gorse encircling the whole thing. I push through this, into the centre and onto the mound. This is definitely “it”, but it’s not possible to see anything much through the bracken. Humph. I then have to push back through the gorse to get back out. These sites do not repay summer visits at all.

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