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Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
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...in half an hour we were hopelessly lost in an impenetrable jungle. Vainly we scanned the hillside for those beehive huts.
In the end I rebelled, and declaimed, with some warmth that, if we wished to see eight prehistoric things before nightfall we must be humble and seek a guide.
At a farmhouse half a mile away on the hill we explained our needs to the farmer. Turning to his wife, whose face was sunburnt the colour of a nut, he said 'You take them to the huts'
As we tramped over the moor I solicited her opinion of Cornish antiquities.
'Bless you, my dear' she said 'people talk a lot about em, but they aint nothing at all, just old stones and things'
from C Lewis Hind 'Days in Cornwall' 1907
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Posted by Mr Hamhead
27th May 2007ce
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