Items in Cornwall

Antique Map of Cornwall

Antique Map of Cornwall

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: Cornwall; England

Added: 2008-10-09

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Rocking Stone. From the Druidical Antiquities Plate.

A rocking stone is one so placed that it can be wobbled easily, apparently a neolithic amusement.

This is one item from a full-page plate, Druidical Antiquities

Keywords: druids, ruins, megaliths

Places shown: Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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The map of Cornwall

Old map of Cornwall, 18th Century.

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-01-17

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Lanyon Cromleh Cornwall. From the Druidical Antiquities plate.

This appears to be an engraving of a dolmen called Lanyon Quoit in Cornwall. The monument was actually destroyed in 1815 by a storm, and was rebuilt incorrectly. This engraving is of the original mon [...]

Keywords: druids, tombs, ruins, megaliths, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Bosiliack; Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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Restormel Castle, Cornwall

Restormel castle (also spelt Restormil or Raistormel) was started in about AD 1100.

There are several other pictures of Restormel Castle.

Keywords: castles, ruins, trees, clouds, people, windows

Places shown: Lostwithiel; Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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Rock Bason Coit at Karnbre

[description pending]

This is one item from a full-page plate, Druidical Antiquities

Keywords: megaliths, druids, ruins

Places shown: Carn Brea; Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-03-01

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Overview map of Cornwall, England

Taken from the map of England and Wales on page 2237.

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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41.—Constantine Tolman, Cornwall

I believe this Tolman was destroyed in 1869, although I found no reference to it at the Constantine Village Web site. “There are remains of the more ancient times of Britain whose uses no antiquarian [...]

Keywords: animals, sheep, megaliths, ruins, tombs, druids, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Constantine; Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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39.—Trevethy Stone

Trevethy Stone, also known as Trethevy Quoit, is a Domen or Cromlech near Liskeard in Cornwall. The Modern Antiquarian has some photographs. “At Plas Newydd, in the Isle of Anglesey, are two cromlechs [...]

Keywords: druids, tombs, ruins, megaliths

Places shown: Liskeard; Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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33.—Carnbré Castle

There are two places called Carn Brae in Cornwall; one is the site of a medieval chapel and the other a castle. I think that this is the castle, near Redruth. “But there are many remarkable groups of [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, rocks, hills, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Carnbrea; Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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51.—Plan and Section of Chun Castle

Chûn Castle is in West Penwith, Cornwall; it was built about 2,500 years ago. Remains of tin smelting have been found there, strengthening the suggestions that tin mining was active in Cornwall in at [...]

Keywords: maps, plans, castles

Places shown: Chun Castle; Morvah; Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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47.—The Cheesewring, as seen from the North-west.

“But there are some remains which have the appearance of works of art, which are, probably, nothing but irregular products of nature,—masses of stone thrown on a plane surface by some great convulsion [...]

Keywords: pillars, megaliths, ruins, rocks, people, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Bodmin Moor; Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-07-28

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