Incidentally, Phillack Church is also visible from the ramparts of Carnsew Hillfort, with the sand dunes of The Towans rising up behind it.pic.twitter.com/XZbDoulEJi
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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
Listen to the Ravens arriving at Trencrom on my Soundcloud David Gordon 39. If undisturbed by people they will settle on the rocks before flying down to there roost in the trees below.
Thanks for this — what a wonderful recording! :)
The magic of this is that there are up to 80+ Ravens who seem to be coming from West Penwith and who knows how long they have been doing this.
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