Carn Brea Protection Group
(CBPG)
The Carn Brea Protection Group must stay vigilant!
Last update 11th September 2009
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The AIMS &
OBJECTIVES of the CARN BREA PROTECTION GROUP: 1. To monitor any suggestion
or proposal relating to Carn Brea, and any related projects and to provide a
forum for discussion for the general public on such matters. 2. To protect the
Carn from change/alteration that is deemed detrimental in the views
represented by the Carn Brea Protection Group and to arrange for
dissemination of all relevant information via the media. 3. To maintain a
watching brief on the Carn Brea Conservation Area, the limits of which are
defined as follows: the area between the Camborne-Redruth railway line and
the road through Carnkie Village, and the area between the road from the
northern end of Penhallic to Piece Pub and the river from Park Colley Farm to
the northern end of Carn Brea village. 4. To liase with
other interested bodies concerned with conservation of the area as defined in
point 3 above. About CARN BREA Carn Brea is the
most prominent landmark of west Cornwall, rising some 750 feet behind the
ancient mining towns of Camborne and Redruth. Its distinctive outline includes
Carn Brea Castle and the monument to Lord Francis Basset, Lord de
Dunstanville. The Castle's origins
can be traced back as far as 1379, when it was probably a chapel to St
Michael. Now the Castle is a unique restaurant, offering candle-lit dinners
within the its' 600 year old walls. The Monument, built
of granite and standing some 90 feet high, was built in 1836, as a tribute to
a local man. Lord Francis Basset was a mining entrepreneur and a member of an
ancient Cornish family. They became one of the principal mine owners in the
Camborne-Redruth mining district in the 18th and 19th Centuries. The
summit of Carn Brea is covered in ancient sites such as hut circles and
ramparts, dating back to the Iron Age and even to Neolithic times, with
evidence that the Carn was settled prior to 3000BC (Tangye, 1981). Carn Brea lies
partly in the ownership of Kerrier District Council and Carn Brea Parish
Council, with some parts in private hands. Management of the Carn is the
responsibility of the District Council working through its Carn Brea Hill
Joint Working Party. To find out more
about the Carn Brea Protection Group, you can e-mail us at the address below.
------------------------------ Any incidences of Fly Tipping on the Carn should be
reported to the Chief Environmental Health Officer at Kerrier
District Council - 01209 614 000. ------------------------------ The CBPG site is sponsored by Associated Property Solutions Ltd Servivces for anyone buying, selling or developing property in the South West ------------------------------
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