A coped tomb-cover or 'hogback' in Phillack churchyard with cable ornament along the ridge of the roof, variously dated to the 9th or 11th century.pic.twitter.com/fZW7QuIGhL
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Inside the ramparts of Carnsew Hillfort, Hayle; unfortunately, the hillfort has been partially destroyed by ploughing, a deep railway cutting, and the construction of an ornamental park along its ramparts in 1845 ('The Plantation').pic.twitter.com/QQ2QeqcS6a
Also visible from Carnsew Hillfort is Lelant Church; it has been suggested that the churchyard within which Lelant parish church now sits may preserve the rectangular platform of a Roman fort that was well placed to control access to the Hayle Estuary...pic.twitter.com/gds4YAIa6f
A closer view of Lelant's rectangular churchyard, which sits around 1.5 metres above the surrounding ground.pic.twitter.com/pPdX5n6AFG
View of the entrance to the Hayle Estuary from the north-east corner of Lelant churchyard.pic.twitter.com/DPnHFhuHIp
Finally, Charles Thomas suggests that the Neolithic tor enclosure and Iron Age multivallate hillfort of Trencrom Hill, which is located 1.5 miles to the west of the Hayle Estuary & overlooks it, may have also played a role in the 'post-Roman' era...pic.twitter.com/KedVo7wJKx
Looking out towards St Ives Bay and Godrevy Lighthouse from Trencrom Hill, Cornwall; an early medieval inscribed stone has been identified in a stile at the foot of the hillfort & there are reports of early medieval grass-marked wares having been found on the fort itself.pic.twitter.com/KiIFOgHJgY
Indeed, not only can one see St Ives Bay and the Hayle Estuary clearly from the top of Trencrom Hill...pic.twitter.com/91Xx2FJTdr
...but St Michael's Mount and Mount's Bay on the south coast of Cornwall can also be seen from here too!pic.twitter.com/Phbz4U6v1r
For some additional photos of Trencrom Hill, including this lovely one looking across to St Michael's Mount, see this blog by @ESDale77 :) https://cornishbirdblog.com/2016/06/01/a-fort-with-a-view/ …pic.twitter.com/jLPn28Tywh
Looking back to Phillack (Cornwall), there are a number of interesting pre-Conquest finds from here in addition to the stone sculpture mentioned above; for example, this late 10th-century cut silver halfpenny of Æthelræd II (978–1016), found near the church.pic.twitter.com/5V4h8IDqBE
A silver penny of Cnut (1016–35), Posthumous Type (1035–6), minted at Exeter and found at Phillack, Cornwall; a coin of Harthacnut dated 1036–7 was also found nearby.pic.twitter.com/0XeAdQAcIu
A 9th- to 11th-century Hiberno-Norse buckle found at Phillack, Cornwall: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/190941 … & https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/617264 …pic.twitter.com/qIrRjGaQXQ
Phillack isn't the only Cornish site to have produced a 5th-century Chi-Rho stone; another was found at St Helen's Chapel, Cape Cornwall...pic.twitter.com/3a8tg5kfbt
Unfortunately, only a drawing of the Chi-Rho stone from Cape Cornwall survives (right; left=Phillack); the stone was taken to St Just church where it was displayed for a while, until a Rector who objected to it as too 'Roman Catholic' had it thrown down a well in the 19thC!pic.twitter.com/2FEWnTgLHf
Trencrom Hill overlooking St Ives Bay, Cornwall, as seen from the opposite side of the bay at Godrevy.pic.twitter.com/L9smj7t0hh
A view through the probably Iron Age east entrance to Trencrom hillfort, with Carn Brea (likewise reoccupied in the Iron Age) visible through it on the horizon; between the two is the Hayle Estuary and the small Iron Age hillfort of Carnsew, mentioned above.pic.twitter.com/wbwA2uIFOx
Another view of the Iron Age ramparts of Carnsew Hillfort, Hayle, thought to have been reused in the early medieval period.pic.twitter.com/ks9lGwEePW
Looking along the railway line at Lelant towards the site of the buried early medieval chapel & late/post-Roman burial site that was encountered under the dunes of Lelant Towans in 1875 during the construction of the railway link to St Ives.pic.twitter.com/yqvfVehHVv
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