About the reserve

The views from this heathland are among the most spectacular in Penwith, over the downland towards Carn Brea and Camborne. In summer the heath is a patchwork of yellow gorse, and pink and purple heather. There are three different heathers here; true heather, bell heather and cross-leaved heather. A Bronze Age cairn extends a line of three along the east to west ridge and the site is likely to have been used as a summer pasture from prehistoric times to the medieval period