Gunard's Head

Gurnard's Head (Cornish: Ynyal, meaning desolate one) is a prominent headland on the north coast of the Penwith peninsula.

To the east of the headland is an engine house belonging to a copper mine, originally known as Treen Copper Mine (before 1821) and later renamed Gurnard's Head Mine.

There are two small coves to the east of, and sheltered by Gurnard's Head; Treen Cove and Rose-an-Hale Cove. In 1870 the Gurnard's Head seine fishery was worth an estimated £800 per year and employed twenty-four men with ten boats and two seines. The pilchards were sold locally as fresh pilchards rather than salted and sold as fumadoes for the Mediterranean market.

The mist had returned when I set off to the headland, but again, it cleared for a while and the sun came out.