Forming the Western boundary of the beautiful cove of Porthcurno is a bold headland, known as Pedn-mên-an-mere; it is some 3½ miles S.E. of Land's End. On its summit stands a “Wireless” mast, which, with the attached hut, is enclosed in a wire fence. Outside the fence the surface is covered with gorse and heather except for two small bare patches about 15 yards apart, from which the turf has been removed, and several spots where masses of granite come to the surface. On one of these bare patches I found many flakes and one or two rough implements; on the other not a trace of flint. I therefore decided to dig up the former, and have found about 1,500 pieces of flint and chert, the former largely predominating.

As far as can be judged from its appearance, the ground had never been opened up before; in most places the depth of the soil was only a few inches, and nowhere more than fifteen. The flints were almost invariably lying flat and near the surface. I could not see any sign of a definite stratum.