Brisons
The Brisons is a twin-peaked islet in the Celtic Sea situated 1 mile offshore from Cape Cornwall in Cornwall, on the south-western coast of Great Britain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Cyr, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.
- Type: Island
- Description: Islet off Cornwall, England
- Also known as: “The Brisons”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ballowall Barrow and Porth Nanven.
Ballowall Barrow
Archaeological site
Photo: Frances Watts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballowall Barrow is a prehistoric funerary cairn which Ashbee and Hencken state contains several phases of use from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. It is situated on the cliff top at Ballowall Common, near St Just in Cornwall, England, UK.
Porth Nanven
Beach
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Porth Nanven is a beach in the far west of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located half-a-mile west of the town of St Just. The beach is at the seaward end of the Cot Valley and is part of the Aire Point To Carrick Du Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cot Valley and Kenidjack Valley.
Cot Valley
Locality
Cot Valley is located half-a-mile south of St Just in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It has a very mild microclimate. The stream which runs down the valley discharges into the Atlantic Ocean at Nanven.
Kenidjack Valley
Locality
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kenidjack Valley, sometimes referred to as Nancherrow Valley, is a steep-sided valley in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The Tregeseal River flows down the valley and discharges into the Atlantic a few hundred yards north of Cape Cornwall, half-a-mile north-east of the village of St Just.
Boscean
Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boscean is a hamlet in the civil parish of St Just, on the Penwith peninsula in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, approximately half-a-mile northwest of St Just. Boscean is situated 1½ miles northeast of Brisons.
Brisons
- Categories: islet and landform
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Brisons” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “The Brisons”
- Cornish: “Enys Tonndarth”
- German: “The Brisons”
- Swedish: “The Brisons”
- Welsh: “Enys Tonndarth”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bosavern and St Just in Penwith.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Porth Nanven and The Vyneck.
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