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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Breock Beacon Kistvaen - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in England in Cornwall

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: St Breock Beacon Kistvaen
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Wadebridge  Nearest Village: St Breock
Map Ref: SW9677968243
Latitude: 50.478686N  Longitude: 4.865663W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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markj99 visited on 19th Feb 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 1 I had difficulty in locating St Breock Beacon Kistvaen on my revisit. The thick vegetation lining the path to the trig point made an approach from here impossible. After some perseverance I found a way in from the road running W past Beacon Farm road end. Walk 40 yards W of the Beacon Farm road end to reach a vague path heading S into briars and gorse bushes. Head S towards a small gap between gorse and taller brushwood. After a 10 yard scramble through gorse and briars I reached a clear spot containing the ancient stones.

markj99 visited on 13th Oct 2013 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 I found St Breock Beacon Kistvaen listed on TMP before visiting Men Gurta. I was determined to locate this hidden jewel so I followed the given directions to St Breock Beacon Kistvaen. After a scramble through thick vegetation I happily succeeded. It is better to visit in Autumn/Winter as the low vegetation may allow access via the path leading to the Trig Point. Walk S down the path starting at SW 96763 68268. After c. 40 yards look E down the bank to locate a vague trail leading to the stones.

TheCaptain visited on 28th Sep 2012 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 4 Recently rediscovered underneath a heavily overgrown region of scrub, just to the southwest of Men Gurta, this monument was first recorded by William Borlase in his 1872 work Naenia Cornubiae. It basically consists of two large stone slabs, one leaning on the other. I found it by walking in a southwesterly direction from Men Gurta across scrubland and then down a track towards the trigpoint. Just after crossing a farmtrack, there is an area of very overgrown gorse bushes, which seem to nowadays be used for dumping and tipping waste and junk. From on top of one of the piles of rubble, I had a good look around, and saw the large stones not far away, but impossible to reach from my position. Having another attempt from a more easterly position, I managed to get through the waist high gorse and brambles, while at times I found myself in water almost up to my knees! The things we stonehunters put ourselves through. When I eventually got to the stones, I couldn't see much, as the surrounding area was so waterlogged and they are so overgrown, but it is clear they are a megalithic construction. With this now back on the megalithic map, I am sure others will be able to get better pictures and descriptions of this during better conditions, and before it becomes totally covered in the rubble and junk tipped up here.



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 3.33 Access: 2.67

St Breock Beacon Kistvaen
St Breock Beacon Kistvaen submitted by theCaptain : Having another attempt from a more easterly position, I managed to get through the waist high gorse and brambles, while at times I found myself in water almost up to my knees! The things we stonehunters put ourselves through. When I eventually got to the stones, I couldn't see much, as the surrounding area was so waterlogged and they are so overgrown, but it is clear they are a megalithic co... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Recently rediscovered underneath a heavily overgrown region of scrub, just to the southwest of Men Gurta, this monument was first record by William Borlase in his 1872 work Naenia Cornubiae. It basically consists of two large stone slabs, one leaning on the other.

I found it by walking in a southwesterly direction from Men Gurta across scrubland and then down a track towards the trigpoint. Just after crossing a farmtrack, there is an area of very overgrown gorse bushes, which seem to nowadays be used for dumping and tipping waste and junk. From on top of one of the piles of rubble, I had a good look around, and saw the large stones not far away, but impossible to reach from my position.

Having another attempt from a more easterly position, I managed to get through the waist high gorse and brambles, while at times I found myself in water almost up to my knees! The things we stonehunters put ourselves through.

When I eventually got to the stones, I couldn't see much, as the surrounding area was so waterlogged and they are so overgrown, but it is clear they are a megalithic construction.

With this now back on the megalithic map, I am sure others will be able to get better pictures and descriptions of this during better conditions, and before it becomes totally covered in the rubble and junk being tipped up here.

Note: Recently rediscovered, but still in danger of getting buried by rubbish dumping, description and pictures of this little known site now here.
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St Breock Beacon Kistvaen
St Breock Beacon Kistvaen submitted by markj99 : Path to St Breock Beacon Kistvean viewed from N. (19.02.23) (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Breock Beacon Kistvaen
St Breock Beacon Kistvaen submitted by markj99 : St Breock Beacon Kistvean viewed from N. (19.02.23) (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Breock Beacon Kistvaen
St Breock Beacon Kistvaen submitted by markj99 : E Stone of St Breock Beacon Kistvean viewed from N. (19.02.23) (Vote or comment on this photo)

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St Breock Beacon Kistvaen submitted by markj99 : W Stone of St Breock Beacon Kistvean viewed from E. (19.02.23) (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Breock Beacon Kistvaen
St Breock Beacon Kistvaen submitted by markj99 : St Breock Beacon Entrance Grave viewed from E.

St Breock Beacon Kistvaen
St Breock Beacon Kistvaen submitted by markj99

St Breock Beacon Kistvaen
St Breock Beacon Kistvaen submitted by markj99 : St Breock Beacon Entrance Grave viewed from SE.

St Breock Beacon Kistvaen
St Breock Beacon Kistvaen submitted by markj99 : St Breock Beacon Entrance Grave viewed from NE.

St Breock Beacon Kistvaen
St Breock Beacon Kistvaen submitted by theCaptain : I found it southwest from Men Gurta across scrubland and then down a track towards the trigpoint. From on top of one of the piles of rubble, I had a good look around, and saw the large stones not far away, but impossible to reach from my position.

St Breock Beacon Kistvaen
St Breock Beacon Kistvaen submitted by theCaptain : I found it by walking in a southwesterly direction from Men Gurta across scrubland and then down a track towards the trigpoint. Just after crossing a farmtrack, there is an area of very overgrown gorse bushes, which seem to nowadays be used for dumping and tipping waste and junk. From on top of one of the piles of rubble, I had a good look around, and saw the large stones not far away, but i...

St Breock Beacon Kistvaen
St Breock Beacon Kistvaen submitted by theCaptain : Recently rediscovered underneath a heavily overgrown region of scrub, just to the southwest of Men Gurta. It basically consists of two large stone slabs, one leaning on the other.

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Re: Directions to St Breock Beacon Kistvaen by markj99 on Sunday, 05 March 2023
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I had difficulty in locating St Breock Beacon Kistvaen on my revisit. The thick vegetation lining the path to the trig point made an approach from here impossible. After some perseverance I found a way in from the road running W past Beacon Farm road end. Walk 40 yards W of the Beacon Farm road end to reach a vague path heading S into briars and gorse bushes. Head S towards a small gap between gorse and taller brushwood. After a 30 yard scramble through gorse and briars I reached a clear spot containing the ancient stones. The smaller E Stone is c. 7 ft long on a N-S Axis and the wedge-shaped W Stone is c. 9 ft long on a NW-SE Axis.
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Re: Dundry hill Kistvaen by 4clydesdale7 on Tuesday, 23 June 2015
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As you are no doubt aware a Kistvaen may also be referred to as a Stone Coffin (not just a stone-lined tomb or burial mound) - two such 'coffins' (one of which I believe may be referred to by your inquirer - for they were both called Kistvaens locally in the late 1800s) were found in 1886 below Maes Knoll an Iron Age Hillfort at the western end of the Wansdyke (E of Dundry Hill) during excavations of a perceived Roman Villa/Settlement just to the south of Lyons Court Farm Church Lane Whitchurch (a village between Bristol and Bath) - [ST60886741 - OS Pathfinder Maps 1182/3] - they were destroyed shortly thereafter - Pastcape makes a passing reference to the coffins in its entry under Bath & Northeast Somerset: Whitchurch: Monument 201058 - the coffins were presumed to be Roman - You have to be very wary of 'Stones found near/on Dundry Hill' because of the many old quarries in the area and Victorian Imagination fuelled by the fervour of 'men of the cloth' - there used to be two Long Barrows (or perhaps one and a pair of Round Barrows), one of which was the Soldiers Grave, on Dundry Hill - all are now long gone having been ploughed away or affected by further quarrying
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Re: Dundry hill Kistvaen by Anonymous on Sunday, 21 June 2015
Hi I am trying to find the location of a Kistvaen on Dundry hill, do you know where this is, there is a picture of it in the book Stanton Drew and its ancient stone circles by Gordon Strong
Many thanks Richard.
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