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at Truro. A low tumulus at Trevalgne was opened by Mr.Copeland Borlase a few years since,and gave a burnt interment in a cup-shaped hollow,made in the soil. Facing this tumulus is the island known as Trevalgue headland,on which is a cliff castle having six lines of earthwork on the side opposite the mainland. Within this fort is a barrow,partially explored. A great quantity of flint chips,mostly worked,lies on the surface of the island. (see Borlase's "Nænia Cornubiæ",pp. 200 et seq.)

St.Mawgan-in-Pydar--Deanery of Pydar--The church (perpendicular with traces of decorated) was restored in 1861 in Mr.Butterfield's most unsympathetic manner,and again in 1895.

It is very rich in brasses,including one of a priest, circa 1420 (inscription missing), of George Arundell and wife Mary,1573, Mary Arundell,1578,and Cyssell and Jane Arundell, circa 1580, of Edward Arundell,1586,as well as others.There were here formerly some interesting palimpsest brasses of foreign workmanship,but large portions of these have been removed to Wardour castle. The oak pulpit is ot the time of Mary. Portions of the screen are ancient. There is a monument here to col.Humphrey Noye,son of the attorney-general,asto whom see p.216 above.

The font is early,possibly Norman. There is a 13th century stoup.

The ancient seat of the Arundells,Lanherne, is now a Roman Catholic nunnery, having been given by lord Arundell in 1794 to the English Theresians on Antwerp nunnery; there was a secret chamber in the wall of the old house in which a priest is said to have hidden for 18 months during the reign of Elizabeth. The front of the mansion dates from 1580,but the recent is fairly recent.

Of the crosses in this parish see pp. 244 and 245 above.

The vale of Lanherne is celebrated for its beauty,and has been the subject of poems by John Fisher and Henry Sewell Stokes.

In 1377 licence was given to John Nanskunel,rector,for chapels at Carnanton and Polgreen.

St.Colan (Colan, or Little Colan)--Deanery of Pydar--Coswarth was the seat of the family of that name,and is said to have been famous for its woods.

St.Nant's (or Lady Nance) Well is one of the many wells from which the future may be learned by dropping into it small crosses and watching to see if they sink or swim.