River Jordan Valley - geograph. River Kenwyn where it joins the Truro River - geograph. River Lariggan above Castle Horneck - geograph. River Tinney at Calenick - geograph. River Tinney valley between Penweathers and Hugus - geograph. Riverside in Cardinham Woods - Feb - panoramio. Riverside view in Truro - geograph.
The new bridge at Cardinham Woods - Feb - panoramio. The Newlyn River - geograph. The River Lynher, Bathpool - geograph. The Ruan River - geograph. The Ruan River at Ruan Lanihorne - geograph. Trees beside Marsh Combe - geograph. Tresillian River. Exe Water - geograph. Exe Water with road bridge.
Fast flowing river - geograph. Fast-flowing river - geograph. Heading East from Gweek - geograph. A fort overlooking the Camel valley at Nanstallon near Bodmin probably acted as a forward base for the Second Augustan Legion stationed in Exeter during the mid-1 st century AD. And, despite its modest size, what is today a heavily silted waterway inhabited by vast numbers of wading birds was once a thriving trade hub.
The river also holds many connections to Celtic Christianity. Petroc, St. Samson, St. Breaca, and St. Ia after whom nearby St. Ives is named all supposedly landed on the Hayle, and the latter even martyred upon it by the notorious warlord, Teudar Mawr. However, of all historic artefacts to have been found around the Hayle the most enigmatic is the 5 th century Cunaide stone. Its Latin inscription has been worn away by years of relentless weathering, but it once supposedly translated as Cunaide lies here in the grave.
She lived 33 years. Whoever she might have been and why they were deemed worthy of such a memorial may never be known, but they were surely one of the earliest people in the British Isles to have called themselves a Christian.
During the 18 th and 19 th centuries Falmouth thrived as a cosmopolitan little port whose global importance was entirely disproportionate to its relatively small population. However, while the entrance to the estuary bustles its middle reaches are a place of natural splendour.
Indeed, until the city of Truro is reached — almost ten miles from Falmouth by water — the backdrop has barely changed in a thousand years.
It was in its waters that the legendary last King of Cornwall, Dungarth, supposedly drowned in Several were hanged for their actions. By the 16 th century the crown had reasserted control over this most strategic of south coast ports.
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