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<< County Introductions >> County Guides No.16 - Cornwall

Submitted by Ocifant on Saturday, 28 February 2004  Page Views: 5041

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Lanyon Quoit submitted by SirLawrenceTheVain : Collapsed in 1815, it was re-erected 9 years later. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Land of granite, tin and legend. The flag of Cornwall - a white cross on a black background - represents the tin embedded in the rock, and is known as St Piran’s Cross, after the patron saint of Cornwall. Never fully colonised by the Romans, much of Cornwall is still wild moorland, unsuitable for cultivation. This means that much of the archaeological heritage is still available to view.

Indeed, according to Craig Wetherall’s ‘Belerion’, the 87 square miles of West Penwith (the Land’s End Peninsula) contains around 800 known sites of interest, and nearly half as many again have been lost. Add to this the wealth of sites around Bodmin Moor - a major prehistoric centre of occupation, St Breock Downs and the Lizard Peninsula, and you have a county that is probably richer in archaeology than any other in the country.

Indeed, it’s difficult to travel far in Cornwall without some evidence of prehistoric occupation making itself evident. Whether your preference is for Fogous ( Boleigh, Pendeen, Halliggye etc); Stone Circles ( Boscawen-Un, Merry Maidens, Hurlers...); Burial Chambers ( Trethevy, Zennor, Mulfra, Chun, Pawton…), Sacred Wells (Sancreed, Madron…), Iron Age settlements (Carn Euny, Carn Brea…) or Standing Stones (numerous Pipers and Fiddlers), Cornwall will have something to satisfy you.


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