Cornwall
West Cornwall
St Just in Penwith

Chapel Carn Brea

Chapel Carn Brea is an elevated Hercynian granite outcrop, owned by the National Trust at the southern edge of the civil parish of , , England, .
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Photo: Mammal4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 653 feet
  • Description: hill in Cornwall, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Carn Brea”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Land’s End Airport and Carn Euny.

Aerodrome
Photo: CornwallFlyer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Land's End Airport, situated near , 5 NM west of , in , is the most south westerly of . The airport is owned by the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company.

Archaeological site
Photo: rightee, CC BY 2.0.
is an archaeological site near , on the Penwith peninsula in , United Kingdom. It consists of evidence of both Iron Age and post-Iron Age settlement, with excavation on the site showing activity at as early as the Neolithic period.

Historic site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
A or fougou is an underground, dry-stone structure found on Iron Age or Romano-British-defended settlement sites in . The original purpose of a is uncertain today.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crows-an-Wra and Brane.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in West , England, United Kingdom. It is situated in the civil parish of St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul approximately four miles northeast of .

Hamlet
Photo: Elizabeth Scott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet southwest of in west , England, UK. It is in the civil parish of . It is noted for the Iron Age site which lies to the north.

Hamlet
Photo: Sheila Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the civil parish of on the Penwith peninsula in west , England, UK.

Chapel Carn Brea

Latitude
50.095° or 50° 5′ 42″ north
Longitude
-5.65641° or 5° 39′ 23″ west
Elevation
653 feet (199 metres)
Open location code
9C2P38VV+XC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 538907003
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
12620327
Wiki­data ID
Q5072991
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Satellite Map

Discover Chapel Carn Brea from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“Chapel Carn Brea” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Chapel Carn Brea”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bolankan and Treave.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include WW2 CHEL Chain Home Extra Low Radar Station K169 (remains of) and Land’s End Airport.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chapel Carn Brea”. Photo: Mammal4, CC BY-SA 3.0.