The Victoria history of the county of Cornwall . ^jz-v*r ^^^ •jCALt OrFKCT lOO xoo %oo St. Just in Penwith, St. Keverne, Arrowan. Carnc/r Luz CLIFF CASTLES, LIST A HISTORY OF CORNWALL In 1848 Mr. McLauchlan^ mentions a valuable suggestion byMr. J. D. Crook respecting the number of these camps surrounding theheads of the two estuaries of the Fal, at Grampound and Truro. The number on the shores and in the immediate neighbourhoodof the Helford and its creeks is also noticeable.^ There is also the peculiar feature here that on the north side ofthe main estuary the five cam
The Victoria history of the county of Cornwall . ^jz-v*r ^^^ •jCALt OrFKCT lOO xoo %oo St. Just in Penwith, St. Keverne, Arrowan. Carnc/r Luz CLIFF CASTLES, LIST A HISTORY OF CORNWALL In 1848 Mr. McLauchlan^ mentions a valuable suggestion byMr. J. D. Crook respecting the number of these camps surrounding theheads of the two estuaries of the Fal, at Grampound and Truro. The number on the shores and in the immediate neighbourhoodof the Helford and its creeks is also noticeable.^ There is also the peculiar feature here that on the north side ofthe main estuary the five camps, Carwythennack, Nancenoy and Merthenin Constantine, Grumbla in Wendron and the camp south of Gweek inMawgan, are high up on the slopes, and overlook the tidal waters orvalleys which were possibly tidal when the camps were made ; whileon the south all the camps, except the one at Tremaine in St. Martin,are placed well away from and out of sight of the creeks. And it is alsonoteworthy that to the north of the Helford, from Penryn to Helston,the district of about 10 miles by 4, including the parishes of Mabe,Stithians,
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