Hearn, Alan

West Cornwall Reflections

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ISBN 13:
9781914195143
author:
Hearn, Alan
format:
Paperback
publisher:
UK Book Publishing
language:
English
Publication Year:
2021
Pages:
208
Dimensions:
21.6 x 14 x 1.1 centimetres (0.2
Genre:
Travel, Europe, Great Britain,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 5 working days
£11.84

Description

West Cornwall Reflections explores the history and culture of the Land's End and Penwith Peninsula, as well as the Mounts Bay coastline. The author revisits a holiday farm on Tregonning Hill in West Cornwall fifty years after their initial visit, uncovering its significance.

The book delves into the area's ancient sites, including Castle Pencair an ancient fortress, Celtic settlements, and a farmhouse that once served as a lookout post during the Napoleonic Wars. Maps commissioned by the author reveal fourteen other Promontory/Hill Forts within the area, along with ancient monuments dating from the Neolithic period to the Iron Ages.

The book examines the movement of population from these ancient sites to the towns and the construction of parish churches, set against the backdrop of Roman Invasion, Saxon rule, and the Norman Conquest. It also explores how town and church names are linked to Irish Missionary Saints who visited Cornwall in the fifth and sixth centuries.

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