Miscellanea

And yet more Thrussell

Thrussell

Jane & Meg by Salmon near Wenford Dries

Salmon near Wenford Dries

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This review was written by Oliver Howes and is reproduced here in his own words. All text and photographs remain his work, preserved in his memory.

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Boundary Stones

I first learned about boundary stones when walking the Copper Trail in winter 2006. Thanks to Mark Camp, I was able to find an Altarnun parish boundary stone when walking between Five Lanes and Trebartha. In the summer I read about a project by Peter Davies and Blisland village to restore boundary stones on their part of Bodmin Moor, a project largely concerned with private property boundaries. They succeeded in finding and restoring 101 of 146 stones believed to exist in the parish. When walking on Manor Common I was able to find quite a number of these and keep comimg across many more on my Bodmin Moor walks. Here are two Manor Common examples.

Bridges - Prehistoric, Medieval and Modern

We have a remarkable variety of bridges in Cornwall, everything from the prehistoric age through to the modern era, though we do lack the kind of 21st century 'millennium' project bridges that places like Newcastle, London and Manchester like to boast about.