Caer Bran
Caer Bran Hill Fort is an archaeological site near Sancreed and Carn Euny Iron Age village, on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall.Photo: Malcolm Kewn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Carn Euny and Fogou.
Carn Euny
Archaeological site
Carn Euny is an archaeological site near Sancreed, on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It consists of evidence of both Iron Age and post-Iron Age settlement, with excavation on the site showing activity at Carn Euny as early as the Neolithic period. Carn Euny is situated 1,700 feet southwest of Caer Bran.
Fogou
Historic site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
A fogou or fougou is an underground, dry-stone structure found on Iron Age or Romano-British-defended settlement sites in Cornwall. The original purpose of a fogou is uncertain today. Fogou is situated 1,800 feet west of Caer Bran.
Boscawen-Un
Photo: Waterborough, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Boscawen-Ûn is a Bronze Age stone circle close to St Buryan in Cornwall, UK. It consists of nineteen upright stones in an ellipse with another, leaning, middle stone just south of the centre. Boscawen-Un is situated 1 mile south of Caer Bran.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grumbla and Brane.
Grumbla
Hamlet
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grumbla is a hamlet in the parish of Sancreed, Cornwall, England, UK.
Brane
Hamlet
Photo: Elizabeth Scott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brane is a hamlet southwest of Sancreed in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is in the civil parish of Sancreed. It is noted for the Carn Euny Iron Age site which lies to the north.
Crows-an-Wra
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crows-an-Wra is a hamlet in West Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in the civil parish of St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul approximately four miles northeast of Land's End.
Caer Bran
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Cornwall, England
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sancreed, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.10461° or 50° 6′ 17″ northLongitude
-5.62698° or 5° 37′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C2P493F+R6OpenStreetMap ID
way 351968333OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q5016858
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In Other Languages
“Caer Bran” goes by many names.
- Latin: “Caer Bran”
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Highlights include enclosure and Brane Moor.
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