Bosullow Common

Cattle stile with granite block balanced on two blocks and one granite step each side; next to gate, probably originally a field stile. Footpath on National Trust land from B3306 to Bosigran cliff castle and SW coast path. On open land. First stile on this footpath north of the B3306 and Carn Galver Within farmland from the Porthmeor Stream to Porthmoina Stream. Photo by Dr Charlotte MacKenzie

Cattle stile with granite block balanced on two blocks and one granite step each side; next to gate, probably originally a field stile. Footpath on National Trust land from B3306 to Bosigran cliff castle and SW coast path. On open land. First stile on this footpath north of the B3306 and Carn Galver. Within farmland from the Porthmeor Stream to Porthmoina Stream.

With old schoolhouse beyond.

On the B3306 East of the entrance to a camping field, on Cornwall footpath 106/2/1 looking SE. The view looking out is SW4035 : Stone Stile, Morvah.

On the B3306 East of the entrance to a camping field, on Cornwall footpath 106/2/1 looking out. The view SE is SW4035 : Stone Stile, Morvah.

The public footpath leads through this lovely field of buttercups.

Passing traffic near Rose Valley.

Defaced milestone on Bosullow Common.

Carn Galver Mine consists of two engine houses beside the road with the remains of some steam-works to seaward down in the Porthmoina Valley. The mine was formerly part of the Morvah and Zennor United Mine. The westernmost engine house retains its chimney and used to house a 40-inch pumping engine. A short distance to the east, close to the former count house stands the slightly better preserved winding engine house. The whim used to house a 20-inch cylinder. The Count House has been converted into Bosigran Climbing Club and houses equipment used by climbers scaling the near vertical walls of Bosigran Castle a few hundred metres to seaward down in the Porthmoina Valley.

The name Carn Galver means rockpile at the lookout place. There is a small pumping and a whim engine house on the St Just - St Ives coastal road (B3306). The mine was worked until 1878. It was restored twenty years ago by the National Trust.