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Carn Galva, West Penwith, Cornwall
A view looking west from the summit of Carn Galva on a fine June day.
Carn Galva is 230 metres above sea level and the second highest hill on the Land's End peninsula - it looms over the coastal plain from Zennor to Morvah. In the middle distance (partly in shadow), can be seen the flanks of Watch Croft - which is the highest point by a few metres.
The name of the hill comes from the old cornish "carn guillea" - meaning 'rock pile in a high look-out'.
Early communities may have believed that these granite outcrops had been fashioned by the gods - and that the spirits of the gods dwelt in them.
From the summit of the hill you are greeted with a sweeping vista across wild heathland, described by D.H. Lawrence as "a bareness ancient and inviolable".
The twin ruined engine houses of Carn Galver mine can be seen to the right in the middle distance with Bosigran Castle further to the right. It is also possible to spot Pendeen Lighthouse just left of centre in the far distance.
Carn Galva, West Penwith, Cornwall
A view looking west from the summit of Carn Galva on a fine June day.
Carn Galva is 230 metres above sea level and the second highest hill on the Land's End peninsula - it looms over the coastal plain from Zennor to Morvah. In the middle distance (partly in shadow), can be seen the flanks of Watch Croft - which is the highest point by a few metres.
The name of the hill comes from the old cornish "carn guillea" - meaning 'rock pile in a high look-out'.
Early communities may have believed that these granite outcrops had been fashioned by the gods - and that the spirits of the gods dwelt in them.
From the summit of the hill you are greeted with a sweeping vista across wild heathland, described by D.H. Lawrence as "a bareness ancient and inviolable".
The twin ruined engine houses of Carn Galver mine can be seen to the right in the middle distance with Bosigran Castle further to the right. It is also possible to spot Pendeen Lighthouse just left of centre in the far distance.