an abandoned mine working. It may have been confused with another tunnel from the castle to St Uny's church which was blocked for safety reasons around 1970 by the castle owners. Saint Euny's Well Saint Euny's Well is at the foot of Carn Brea below the castle near St Euny's Church. It has a plaque by Carn Brea Parish Trails reading "St Euny Well. Holy well of St Euny visited by the Celtic Missionary 500AD". Stories about its sacred use may be confused with St Euny's Well at Sancreed (see Carn Euny). Events At Easter Redruth Baptist Church erects a lit cross on the outcrop behind the Castle overlooking Redruth. For many years a Christian sunrise service has been held on Easter Sunday. The Midsummer Eve (St. John's Eve, 23 June) bonfire ceremony originated as a pagan ritual. Prayers are read in Cornish and the bonfire is lit, signalling other fires to be lit at Sennen, Sancreed Beacon, Carn Galver to the Tamar. When only the embers remain, young people leap across them to drive away evil and bring luck. The Boxing Day meet of the Four Burrow Hunt starts at the top of Carn Brea. Due to the changes in fox hunting legislation foxes are no longer hunted. See also Dumnonii a Celtic tribe who inhabited part of the South West peninsula of Britain, during the Iron Age and the early Roman period. Great Flat Lode Carn Brea railway station – the site of the West Cornwall Railway's locomotive workshops. Footnotes References External links Parish Council website Cornish Archaeological Society Roman-Britain.org records of Romano-British Settlement of Carn Brea Civil parishes in Cornwall History of Cornwall Tourist attractions in Cornwall Hills of Cornwall Prehistoric sites in Cornwall Stone Age sites in Cornwall Monuments and memorials in Cornwall Hill forts in Cornwall Populated places established in the 4th millennium BC Neolithic Former populated places in Cornwall 4th-millennium BC establishments