TREGIFFIAN BURIAL CHAMBER

LOOKING FOR: Heritage, Historical
ADDRESS: St Buryan, Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 6BG
POSTCODE: TR19 6BG
AGE GROUP: All Ages
TELEPHONE: 0370 333 1181
WEBSITE: CLICK HERE
TREGIFFIAN BURIAL CHAMBER
Tregiffian is a Neolithic or early Bronze Age chambered tomb with
 a walled and roofed entrance passage which leads into
 a central chamber.

Managed by the Cornwall
 Heritage Trust.

Read more about the history of the
 burial chamber.


BEFORE YOU GO
How to Find It: The burial chamber is tw
o miles southeast of St. Buryan on the B3315.

Parking: There is a small parking area for the Merry Maidens Stone Circle, a short
 distance away from the chamber. The chamber can be found by
 following the road to the south-west
. Please take care walking along the grass verge.

Dogs: Dogs on leads are welcome.


PLAN A GREAT DAY OUT

Shops, toilets and a pub can be found in nearby
 St Buryan. The Merry Maidens (not within the care
 of English Heritage) is a late Neolithic stone circle
 located 100 metres from the parking area.

A short drive away is the ancient Iron Age village of Carn Euny,
 where you can see the foundations of stone houses dating from the 2nd to th
e 4th centuries AD. A few miles further north-west is Ballowall Barrow, a Bronze
 Age tomb in a spectacular cliff-edge position.


OPENING TIMES

30 APRIL 2017 - 24 MARCH 2018
Open any reasonable time during daylight hours
25 MARCH 2018 ONWARDS
Opening times will be available nearer the time