 The chapel, which was built on top of the cairn, was pulled down in 1816 and was said to be the home of holy men or monks.A manuscript from 1396 kept at the County Records Office, Truro records the ′beaconage′ received from fishermen for the burning an ′ecclesiastical light′, normally a brazier or fire basket at the ″Chapel of St Michael of Bree″.This is the earliest record of a navigational light in Cornwall.