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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Chapel Carn Brea Tomb Alternative Name: Chapel Carn Brea Summit Chambered Cairn
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: St. Just Nearest Village: Crows-an-wra
Map Ref: SW38582807
Latitude: 50.095074N Longitude: 5.656588W
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2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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Catrinm visited on 1st Feb 2025 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4

TheCaptain visited on 14th Jun 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 As it is such a lovely afternoon, I decided to climb Chapel Carn Brea hill with its cairns, and a fabulous view all the way around, the Isles of Scilly very clear out in the distance. The main hilltop cairn is very large, but very difficult to make anything out properly as it has been very mutilated. Could it once have been a bit like Carn Gloose, with a large internal cairn surrounded by a ring, with at least one chamber?

LiveAndrew visited on 22nd Apr 2021 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Currently cordoned off with an electric fence to keep the ponies out.

lucasn visited on 4th Nov 2017 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

jeffrep visited on 14th May 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3

Bladup cazzyjane have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.8 Ambience: 3.8 Access: 3.8

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**Chapel Carn Brea Tomb** submitted by TheCaptain : Could it once have been a bit like Carn Gloose, with a large internal cairn surrounded by a ring, with at least one chamber? (Vote or comment on this photo)

Originally a Scillonian Chambered Tomb, but which has been built upon at later times. Could it once have been a bit like Carn Gloose, with a large internal cairn surrounded by a ring, with at least one chamber? Based on current ideas the first tomb was a neolithic entrance grave 9m (30 feet) across and containing a 2.7m (9 foot) long south-facing chamber with a tapered inner end and two capstones.

This was subsequently built on twice during the Bronze Age by the addition of a cist with a nearly 5 foot square capstone, and further mounds. This resulted in a massive cairn 15 feet high and 62 feet across having an outer kerb and 3 internal concentric retaining walls.

The cist and part of two of the inner retaining walls are exposed but it is not known whether the original entrance grave is still buried beneath the mound or if it has been destroyed.

[Update September 2022: Historic England only records one site at this grid reference, see Historic England List ID 1006751, 'An entrance grave re-used as a kerbed cairn with cist known as 'Chapel Carn Brea', whereas the Portal shows two sites in close proximity, 90 metres apart - the Chapel Carn Brea Long Cairn and this site, Chapel Carn Brea Tomb. To help resolve any queries, comments from recent visitors to this complex area include:
Bladup: "Chapel Carn Brea Tomb (A Chambered Cairn) is the massive Cairn on the summit of the hill, Chapel Carn Brea Long Cairn is 90-100m to the south of the Summit Chambered Cairn."
MikeAttwell adds: "The top of the hill is a plateau. At the north end is a large damaged round cairn. This was excavated in the 19th century and based on the surviving drawings and description has been considered to be an entrance grave. It is no longer visible and lies beneath the backfilled cairn material. If this is an entrance grave then this cairn is almost certainly early Bronze Age."]

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