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Lanyon Cromleh Cornwall. From the Druidical Antiquities plate. The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (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 monu [...]

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 Vol I (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 Vol I (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 i [...]

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 Antiquarianhas some photographs.“At Plas Newydd, in the Isle of Anglesey, are two cromlechs (F [...]

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 theConstantine Village Web site.“There are remains of the more ancient times of Britain whose uses no antiquarian wr [...]

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 (hareorhoarmeaning literally border or boundary), with a heap of stones lying around it (Fig. 44). It is held that t [...]

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 Vol I (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 Vol I (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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King Arthur’s Castle, Off Tintagel Head, Cornwall In Unfamiliar England (1910)

“After we reached the hotel, the long twilight still gave time to contemplate the weird beauty of the surroundings and to explore the ruins of the castle so famed in song and story. We scrambled down [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, hills, water, colour

Places shown: Tintagel; Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-06-12

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Trematon Castle Castles (1926)

The gate-houseThis is owned by the Prince of Wales, since he is Duke of Cornwall. The Norman castle was built before 1337, and is now a ruin.Zetab took a picture of this castle and put it in herDevian [...]

Keywords: castles, entrances, ruins, towers, arches, trees, roads, colour

Places shown: Saltash; Cornwall; England

Added: 2003-08-02

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St Mawes Castle Castles (1926)

The GatewaySt Mawes is opposite Falmouth on the estuary of the River Fal. It, along with its sister, Pendennis, on the other side of the river, were built between 1539 and 1545 by Henry VIII, and is a [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, bridges, arches, entrances, colour

Places shown: St Mawes; Cornwall; England

Added: 2003-07-03

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St. Michael’s Mount; Castles (1926)

The westernmost of the castles of the British Isles is in some ways the most interesting and picturesque of them all. Essentially a water-fortress girt round on all sides by a natural moat, it differ [...]

Keywords: castles, aerial photography, water, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: St Michael’s Mount; Cornwall; England

Added: 2008-03-05

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Overview map of Cornwall, England Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

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

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Cornwall; England

Added: 2003-02-24

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[p.107] Restormel Castle, Cornwall Castles (1926)

The Main Gate.See alsoGrose’s Antiquitiesfor another picture of Restormel Castle.I had mis-labeled this illustration asRestormal, although the spelling in the URI was correct.“[..] the castle which do [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, entrances, colour

Places shown: Restormel; Lostwithiel; Cornwall; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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Antique Map of Cornwall The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

Antique Map of Cornwall

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: Cornwall; England

Added: 2008-10-05

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Stratton, Cornwall Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts (1844)

[Architectural Period: Norman]STRATTON.A very uncommon Normon Font, but so plain in design and execution as to render description almost unnecessary. The bowl is cup-shaped, with a single round mouldi [...]

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Places shown: Stratton; Cornwall; England

Added: 2008-07-24

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