Sancreed Beacon

On top of the hill are several stone cists and Bronze Age archaeological remains comprising burial mounds and the remains of a Bronze Age hut on the Western slope.

This site can be taken in the context of a rich variety of archaeological evidence in the vicinity from the Iron Age, Bronze Age and dating as far back as Neolithic times including Carn Euny Iron Age village 1 mile to the southwest, Caer Bran Hill Fort half a mile southwest, Sancreed Holy Well to the southeast, and Bartinney Castle to the west about 1 mile.

[1][2][3][4] Long linear earthworks between 10 and 16 metre wide, covering 3 hectares are the remains of medieval (or later) opencast tin workings.

[5] Wheal Argus worked the old lodes between 1873 and 1875 raising 20 ton of black tin.

[6] The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map of 1875 shows the disused engine house of Wheal Argus along with four shafts, a windlass and smithy.