Kynance Gate - Stones

The Bronze Age (around 1200 BC) settlement of Kynance Gate lies on a gentle slope on the edge of open moorland above a turbulent stream which runs down through a rocky gorge to the sea. ‘Kynans’ is Cornish for narrow valley or gorge and the site may well have been chosen for its easy defensibility on the seaward side. Always worth checking for a passing Wryneck...