Tregonning Hill

Nearest town:
Helston (5km E)
OS reference:
SW6034529547
OS sheet:
203
Latitude:
50° 7' 0.85 N
Longitude:
5° 21' 10.09 W
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Images

Image of Tregonning Hill (Kerbed Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Midsummer foxgloves, bracken and a sprinkling of gorse cover the cairn and obscure the kerb. A winter visit would probably be a better bet, but it’s prettier now.

Image credit: A. Brookes (21.6.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 5, 2016
Image of Tregonning Hill (Kerbed Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Kerb on the eastern side of the cairn. Castle Pencaire centre skyline, with the hills of West Penwith emerging from the rain on the far left skyline.

Image credit: A. Brookes (21.6.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 5, 2016
Image of Tregonning Hill (Kerbed Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Looking northeast across the cairn. The prominent hill on the centre skyline is Carnmenellis, topped with a substantial Bronze Age cairn.

Image credit: A. Brookes (21.6.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 5, 2016
Image of Tregonning Hill (Kerbed Cairn) by thesweetcheat

An exposed quartz vein forms one of the faces of the large granite block inside the cairn.

Image credit: A. Brookes (21.6.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 5, 2016
Image of Tregonning Hill (Kerbed Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Substantial granite block inside the perimeter of the cairn.

Image credit: A. Brookes (21.6.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 5, 2016
Image of Tregonning Hill (Kerbed Cairn) by thesweetcheat

The southern arc of the cairn, kerb stone in the foreground, quartz-veined block inside the kerb over to the left.

Image credit: A. Brookes (21.6.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 5, 2016

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