Tregiffian Vean burial chamber
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Tregiffian Vean burial chamber
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 25 Dec 2012
A badly damaged burial chamber, much degraded by agricultural activities since its original excavation in 1878. At that time, it was described as "a fine 21' diameter kerbed mound containing a curiously shaped chamber measuring 8' long by 3' wide and only 18" high but with its inner end opening out to a width of 4' and height 3'. The entrance was blocked by a single slab." Little now remains but a short passage covered by a single stone about 4' x 4'6", and another slab northeast of the capstone, which may be in its original position. I returned many of the visibly scattered, fist-sized boulders from the grass field to the mound, but there must be hundreds more that have been ploughed in and lost for ever. Carn Brea hill dominates the skyline beyond.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.091347
Longitude
-5.674903