Carn Marth, Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom
A walk up to Carn Marth in Redruth, Cornwall.
Originally filmed and uploaded to The Bald Explorer group on Facebook.
The Bald Explorer Group is a group on Facebook that members can share videos and pictures of our wonderful isles, heritage places, churches, villages, our wonderful landscapes. Anyone can join and its run by a dedicated team who themselves joined as members. You don't have to upload anything yourself and we have many people who are unable to get out and about to explore this land themselves. The group already has many wonderful videos and pictures to share.
Please consider joining...
Exploring Cornwall - Carn Brea Castle and Monument.
Today the lovely Mark Sellwood takes me up to Carn Brea to look at the castle and the monument.
Carn Brea Castle stands near the top of the hill. It is built on the site of a chapel built in 1379 probably dedicated to St Michael. It was built in the 18th century by the Basset family as a hunting lodge. It is considered to be a folly built on the huge uncut boulders that make up part of its foundations, giving the impression of the building melting into the land.
At the highest point of the hill is a 90-feet high Celtic cross erected as a monument to Francis Basset, 1st Baron de Dunstanville and Basset (1757–1835). Basset, a mine owner, gained his titles for erecting earthworks to defend Plymouth from combined French and Spanish fleets in 1779, and suppressing a miners' food riot in 1785. Along with others, he petitioned the House of Lords against slavery in 1828.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORER
My videos are funded by people like you. If you enjoy them, please help me make more:
Visit to become a patron.
Or make a one off donation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAMERA GEAR USED IN MY PRODUCTIONS
Canon D200 :
Zoom Field Recorder F1 :
Zyiun Smooth 3 Gimbal:
GoPro Hero range:
Rode Lavalier Mic:
Rode Smartphone mic:
Zoom H4n:
Tascam DR-60Mk2:
My children's books are here:
Carn Brea, Redruth
Video Software we use:
Ad-free videos.
You can support us by purchasing something through our Amazon-Url, thanks :)
Carn Brea is a civil parish and hilltop site in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.The population of Carn Brea was 8,013 at the 2011 census.The hilltop site is situated approximately one mile southwest of Redruth.The settlements of Bosleake, Brea, Broad Lane, Carn Arthen, Carn Brea Village, Carnkie, Four Lanes, Grillis, Illogan Highway, Pencoys, Penhallick, Piece, Pool, Tolskithy, Tregajorran, Treskillard, Tuckingmill and West Tolgus are in the parish.
---Image-Copyright-and-Permission---
About the author(s): Vernon39
License: Public domain
Author(s): Vernon39 (
---Image-Copyright-and-Permission---
This channel is dedicated to make Wikipedia, one of the biggest knowledge databases in the world available to people with limited vision.
Article available under a Creative Commons license
Image source in video
Carn Brea Monument, Cornwall (4K Ultra HD)
6th June 2019
The Basset Monument on Carn Brea in Cornwall is a 90-feet high (27m) Celtic cross erected as a monument to Francis Basset, 1st Baron de Dunstanville and Basset (1757–1835). Basset, a mine owner, gained his titles for erecting earthworks to defend Plymouth from combined French and Spanish fleets in 1779, and suppressing a miners' food riot in 1785. Along with others, he petitioned the House of Lords against slavery in 1828. The monument was erected by public subscription in 1836. It is inscribed The County of Cornwall to the memory of Francis Lord de Dunstanville and Basset A.D. 1836.
(Filmed using a DJI Mavic 2 Pro Drone)
Places to see in ( Camborne - UK )
Places to see in ( Camborne - UK )
Camborne is a town in west Cornwall, England. The northern edge of the parish includes a section of the South West Coast Path, Hell's Mouth and Deadman's Cove. Camborne was formerly one of the richest tin mining areas in the world and home to the Camborne School of Mines.
Camborne is in the western part of the largest urban and industrial area in Cornwall with the town of Redruth 3 miles (4.8 km) to the east. It is the ecclesiastical centre of a large civil parish and has a town council. Camborne-Redruth is on the northern side of the Carn Brea/Carnmenellis granite upland which slopes northwards to the sea. The two towns are linked by the A3047 road which was turnpiked in 1839 and the villages along the road (from the west) were Roskear, Tuckingmill, Pool and Illogan. Running north-south are a number of small streams with narrow river valleys which have been deeply-cut following centuries of tin streaming and other industrial processes.
The first mention of the medieval Camborne churchtown is in 1181 although in 1931 the ruins of a probable Romano-British villa were found at Magor Farm, Illogan, near Camborne, and excavated that year under the guidance of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. By 1708 Camborne had rights to hold markets and three fairs a year which may be an indication of tin mining in the area; Camborne's was inland and in an unfavourable location for trading. Mining is first recorded locally in the 1400s with early exploitation of the small streams cutting through the mineralised area and from shallow mines following lodes.
Camborne is best known as a centre for the former Cornish tin and copper mining industry, having its working heyday during the later 18th and early 19th centuries. Camborne was just a village until transformed by the mining boom which began in the late eighteenth century and saw the Camborne and Redruth district become the richest mining area in the world.
The A30 trunk road now by-passes the Town around its northern edge. The old A30 through the Town has become the A3047. There is a small bus station halfway along and to the south of Trelowarren Street (the main high street), which has featured in tales by Cornish comedian Jethro. The railway station is a half-mile south from the town centre, with a level crossing and footbridge at its eastern end. Camborne station used to be famous for its short platforms, which meant that passengers on main line services between London and Penzance could only board and alight from certain carriages.
Camborne was, for a quarter of a century, one of the termini of Cornwall's only tram service. This system was opened in November 1902 and ran a regular service to Redruth until it closed in September 1927. Camborne is twinned with two places: Santez-Anna-Wened in Brittany, France, and Pachuca, Hidalgo in Mexico. Camborne was twinned with Pachuca at a ceremony in Mexico on 3 July 2008.
( Camborne - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Camborne . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Camborne - UK
Join us for more :
Carn Brea Castle Restaurant Walk
This my first video for this channel and this one is a video of a scenic walks around Redruth Carn Brea sorry I say Camborne Carn Brea but I sat Carn Brea leisure centre is in pool and that part of Redruth and Camborne and I say that because Camborne college but that has a Redruth address but it is next to Camborne.
Home Page Here =
Wiki Here =
History =
There Facebook Page Here =
My Uncle's Home Page=
Or Buy His Book Here =
Donate here =
My other social networks
Click@Chill =
Markchill 2 Live =
Chills Kitchens Wip =
Chills Tech and Gadgets =
Twitch =
My Facebook Pages
Markchill2 =
Carn Brea Castle, Cornwall
DJI Phantom 3 Pro video of Carn Brea Castle and Basset Monument
!IS IT THE END FOR CARN BREA?! #SaveCarnBrea
PETITION:
NEWS ARTICLES:
THE BALD EXPLORER:
SOCIALS:
TWITTER:
INSTAGRAMIDGE:
SNAPCHATTERS: Beefnumerouno
MUSIC:
Carn Brae Castle near Redruth in Cornwall
Carn Brae Castle near Redruth in Cornwall
HARRY POTTER LINK
Harry Potters Ford Anglia featured in the movie Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets was stolen from the South West Film studios in St Agnes, Cornwall in 2006. It was found in the grounds of the castle.
Police were left baffled as to how the 1962 car, which has no engine, was stolen and they feared thieves would sell it on for scrap or on the black market.
Carn Brea Castle, where the car was found, bears a striking resemblance to the Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft which features in the Harry Potter books.
CASTLE HISTORY
Carn Brea Castle on Carn Brea is a 14th-century grade II listed granite stone building which was extensively remodelled in the 18th century as a hunting lodge in the style of a castle for the Basset family. The building is now in private use as a restaurant.
The Castle is a small stone folly decorated in the romantic ideal style of a medieval/gothic castle. It has an irregular layout with 4 rectangular turrets round a core of the same height and an embattled parapet. The building is built into a large stone outcrop with a steep drop on the rear. The building was designed as a hunting lodge rather than a dwelling and measures 60 feet by 10 feet.
The Castle was originally built as a chapel, in 1379, thought to be dedicated to St Michael It has been extensively rebuilt in different periods since, primarily in the 18th century by the Basset family as a hunting lodge. It is considered a Folly castle, due to the huge uncut boulders that make up part of its foundations, giving the impression of the building melting into the land.
Its use as a beacon for ships was recorded in 1898 when stipulated in the lease, the tenant agreeing to show a light in the north facing window. The castle had periods of disuse and disrepair in the 1950s to 1970s, until private renovation in 1975-1980.The building was classed by English Heritage as grade II listed in 1975.
In the 1980s the building was converted into a Middle Eastern cuisine restaurant
Filmed in June 2013
Video Produced by Paul Dinning - Wildlife in Cornwall
Redruth Cornwall
Redruth Cornwall
Filmed in 2014
Video Produced by Paul Dinning
Carn Brea Fire 26/05/2015
Cine Film Nostalgia Redruth Town 1959 Cornwall
1959. Demolition of Pengelly's Shop at West End to bring 2 way working to Chapel Street and the cross roads.
Carn Brea Castle A Panorama View
I recently found some VHS C tape's i thought i'd thrown years ago,this is one of them .A trip to Carn Brea Castle in 1991 when my old sharp C670 was almost brand new,it still works fine today although its a bit of a brick............
Carn Brae Fire May 26th 2015
This video is of a massive circular fire on Carn Brae hill near Redruth in Cornwall this evening. I don't know what caused it but I'll post any info as I find out.
Filmed
Video Produced by Paul Dinning - Wildlife in Cornwall
St Euny's Holy Well, Carn Brea Village, Nr Redruth, Cornwall.
Description comin' soon...
CORNISH WALK - Redruth mining heritage, Gwennap Pit and Carn Marth
Exploring Redruth's mining heritage followed by a circular walk to Gwennap Pit returning via Carn Marth.
Inside Carn Brea Castle, Redruth, Cornwall
Family meal at this great spot on a Sunday Summer's evening.
Cornwall on Video - St Ives, Redruth, Portreath, Godrevy, East Pool Mine
Cornwall on Video - St Ives, Redruth, Portreath, Godrevy, East Pool Mine, Carn Brae Castle and Carwynnen Quoit
Video Produced by Paul Dinning
ST UNY CHURCH AND CARN BREA
Photographs of St Uny Church and Carn Brea
Camborne Cornwall 6th March 2019