Saints of Cornwall – St Mawgan
There is evidence of Bronze Age and Iron Age settlements, though the village history proper is considered to start from the arrival of the Welsh missionary St Mawgan (or Meugan) […]
Category Archives: Historic Cornwall
Sirens of Tregudda Gorge
The Sirens of Tregudda Gorge In the spring of 1928 a young man called Cecil Morgan came to Cornwall to stay with his cousins at Hawker’s Cove near Padstow. The […]
The Legend of Brentor Church
The Legend of Brentor Church The giants were all dead and the witches had fled to Wales driven by the friends of Bowerman, but one evil genius still remained. The Devil […]
Poo with a view
Brown willy – Cornish, Bronn Ewhella
Brown Willy (possibly from Cornish Bronn Ewhella meaning “highest hill”. But it could also come from the Cornish Bronn Wennili meaning “hill of swallows” The last time I walked to […]
Dozmary pool at Sunset
Fairy rings at Park Hd
My Mum always told us don’t fall asleep inside a fairy ring you won’t wake up in this world. Do you dare enter a fairy ring? The mythical mushroom portals […]
Trippet stones in the Mist
Its not all sun, sea and sand in Cornwall during the summer
The great flat load at sunset
Vanner House at sunset
Vanning was the separation of ore on an industrial scale The Vanner House at Wheal Basset Stamps The whole purpose of the works here at Wheal Basset Stamps was to […]
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