It’s recently been claimed by a TV chef that Cornwall’s chambered tombs, known locally as quoits, were our equivalent to the pyramids. Actually, they were probably built a bit earlier, usually dated to around 3,500 to 2,500BC. (The great age of Egyptian fourth dynasty pyramid building was 2,613-2,494BC.) Chambered tombs are the oldest built element … Continue reading Cornwall’s pyramids
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An eighteenth-century Cornish strongman
In 1758 the Universal Magazine published an account from William Borlase which related the ‘manners of the inhabitants of Cornwall’. Among several far-fetched stories it included the following as an example of the strength of Cornish people … A Cornish wain On Tuesday March 22,1757, John Chilew [normally spelt Chellew] of the parish of Ludgvan, … Continue reading An eighteenth-century Cornish strongman
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