Items in Cornwall (results page 1)

Lanyon Cromleh Cornwall. From the Druidical Antiquities plate. The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

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, greyscale

Places shown: Bosiliack; Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-08-05

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Rocking Stone. From the Druidical Antiquities Plate. The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

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, greyscale

Places shown: Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-11-03

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Rock Bason Coit at Karnbre The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

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

Keywords: megaliths, druids, ruins, greyscale

Places shown: Carn Brea; Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-03-01

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33.—Carnbré Castle Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

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, greyscale

Places shown: Carnbrea; Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-09-05

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39.—Trevethy Stone Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

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, greyscale

Places shown: Liskeard; Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-11-10

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41.—Constantine Tolman, Cornwall Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

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, greyscale

Places shown: Constantine; Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-12-04

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44.—hare Stone, Cornwall Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“In the parish of Sancred, in Cornwall, is a remarkable stone called the Hare Stone (hare or hoar meaning literally border or boundary), with a heap of stones lying around it (Fig. 44). It is held tha [...]

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

Places shown: Harestone; Stanmore; Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-07-07

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47.—The Cheesewring, as seen from the North-west. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“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, greyscale

Places shown: Bodmin Moor; Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-07-28

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51.—Plan and Section of Chun Castle Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

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, greyscale

Places shown: Chun Castle; Morvah; Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-06-03

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Restormel Castle, Cornwall The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

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, colour

Places shown: Lostwithiel; Cornwall; England

Added: 1999-11-06

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The map of Cornwall The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

Old map of Cornwall, 18th Century.

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: Cornwall; England

Added: 2002-09-30

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Fowey: Entrance to the harbour. Round The Coast (1895)

“FOWEY.—This has been described as a miniature Dartmouth, and is a small seaport with a picturesque harbour at the mouth of the Fowey. This little place is 280 miles from London. In the old days it sh [...]

Keywords: water, boats, ships, views, towns, townscapes, greyscale

Places shown: Fowey; Cornwall; England

Added: 2007-03-27

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