Carnkie, Redruth

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Carnkie
Cornwall

Carnkie from the lower southern slope of Carn Brea
Location
Grid reference: SW687399
Location: 50°12’50"N, 5°14’36"W
Data
Post town: Redruth
Postcode: TR16
Dialling code: 01209
Local Government
Council: Cornwall
Parliamentary
constituency:
Camborne and Redruth

Carnkie is a village in west Cornwall. It is situated approximately one and a half miles south west of Redruth. The area's great hill, Carn Brea, rises close by the village.

The village is built largely along the Great Flat Lode, a massive mineral trail that was extensively mined, and it is surrounded by numerous derelict mine buildings, most of which were built by the mining magnate, Lord de Dunstanville and Basset.

About the village

Carnkie Methodist Church

There is a Methodist chapel building at the centre of the village which closed in 2010, but the Methodist congregation still meet, at the Carnkie Community Institute.

Vehicular access to climb Carn Brea is gained through Carnkie, and the summit has a monument dedicated to Lord de Dunstanville and Basset, who developed the mines. Carn Brea Castle is on the hilltop too, originally believed to be a hunting lodge, but which these days serves as a restaurant.

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