Pictures of St. Columb
Here are some other pics that I haven't yet had time to write captions for.
Arundell
brass
St. Columb
Banknote C.1860
Barclays bank (St. Piran's Day 2001)
Bridge hill
Church
View from
Hill head
Church
interior
Red Lion
Town Square
Trewen
Hall, once the home of The VYVYAN family
Stone
Coffin lids kept under the Church tower
Inscribed
stone
Columba's
Cross (1000 years old)
Cracked Bell 1969
Map of
Castle an Dinas Hillfort
The Castle was excavated in 1963/4
WAILES, B 1963 'Excavations at Castle-an-Dinas, St Columb Major: Interim Report' Cornish Arch 2 51-5 [ S]
WAILES, Bernard 1964 'Excavation News 1963-1964: 1 .Tredarvah, Penzance. 2. Castle-an-Dinas, St Columb Major' Cornish Arch 3 85 [ S]
Ramparts of
Castle an Dinas Hillfort
Flints
found at Talskiddy
For more see:-
Steele, Philip 1991 'Flint scatters at Penatillie, St Columb Major' Cornish Archaeol 30, 1991 253-9, figs.
Flint scatters were assessed through a collection of retouched artefacts and a selected sample of debitage. This yielded evidence for Mesolithic hunting and Late Neolithic - Early Bronze Age activity.
Nine
Maidens standing stones
The Silver
Ball pub sign
Silver
hurling Balls 1998/1999 the new ball has the large inscribed motto
"TOWN & COUNTRY DO YOUR BEST"
Hurling
2000
Gorsedd 1977 at Nine Maidens
Old
Cornwall Society hold their midsummer bonfire at Castle an Dinas.
James
Polkinghorne Champion Cornish wrestler was landlord of the Redlion
public house
Mad Tom.,
The biggest imposter that came from Cornwall, ever!
Richard
Bullock alias "Deadwood Dick" was born at St. Columb
Jessie Rickard was murdered at
Castle an Dinas 1904
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