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URL:https://cornisharchaeology.org.uk/events/the-sacred-heart-of-cornwall-
 lanivet-church-and-castilly-henge-and-their-neighbourhoods-led-by-ann-pres
 ton-jones-andrew-langdon-and-roger-smith/
SUMMARY:The Sacred Heart of Cornwall\, Lanivet Church and Castilly Henge an
 d Their Neighbourhoods led by Ann-Preston Jones\, Andrew Langdon and Roger
  Smith
DESCRIPTION:Ann Preston-Jones\, Andrew Langdon and Roger Smith\, Saturday M
 arch 22nd 2025\, details to be confirmed but probably 10.30 to 4.30. Meet 
 at the church\, SX 0394 6421\, What3Words: delved.graphics.searcher\n\nLan
 ivet sits at the very centre of Cornwall and its name suggests it was the 
 Christian church-site\, lann\, of the pagan sacred place\, neved. Ann and 
 Andrew will introduce the lann and the several early stones in the churchy
 ard\, ‘one of the most rewarding places to see monuments of pre-Conquest
  Cornwall’ (Pevsner). They include two tall elaborately carved wheel-hea
 ded crosses and a hogback tombstone. An early inscribed stone survives wit
 hin the noble later medieval granite church.\n\nIn the afternoon we drive 
 to nearby Castilly\, a probable neolithic henge in which geophysical surve
 y has identified an ovoid setting of pits\, possibly stone holes. CAS memb
 ers helped clear scrub in 2019 revealing beautifully sharp earthworks now 
 carefully surveyed by Historic England. Views extend to Roughtor and beyon
 d.\n\nNearby on Innis Downs other prehistoric monuments\, include a fine b
 arrow and maps show many more barrows here. Nearby is the important early 
 Bible Christian chapel at Innis. Ancient and modern thoroughfares crisscro
 ss the area\, long a communications hub\, and a short way west\, beside th
 e A30\, stood an early 20th century comms complex\, the 1926 Bodmin Beam T
 ransmitting Station\, the first Directional High Frequency radio service i
 n the world\, broadcasting to Canada and South Africa.\n\nPark in the slip
  on the west side of the A391 roundabout at SX 0302 6286\, What3Words: hud
 dled.geologist.charted\n\n[caption id="attachment_2439" align="alignnone" 
 width="945"] One of two early medieval crosses at Lanivet.[/caption]
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