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Calling Mr Hamhead

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Mr Hamhead Oct 7, 2004 09:38:05

Replying to wideford

Thanks for that but Tre in Cornish is so common a prefix for place names that I think we have to go for the home or farmstead option.

It's interesting that beside the entry for the stone it has (3) whilst beside Crowsa it has (2), near the Hurlers it has (2) and the Pipers at Boliegh (2). Were there at one time three stones at Tremenhere?

Anybody out there know?

Mr H

Kammer Oct 7, 2004 10:07:16

Replying to Mr Hamhead

> Thanks for that but Tre in Cornish is so common a prefix
> for place names that I think we have to go for the home
> or farmstead option.

I agree that it's unlikely that the 'tre' in this instance has the Welsh meaning, but it's not impossible. What we really need is an expert on the Cornish language. Has anyone got one of these, perhaps in the back of your broom cupboard or under the sink?

K x

hamish Oct 9, 2004 20:56:42

Replying to Mr Hamhead

Just go to the Tremenhere Stone and look around the edges of the field and see the massive stones lying on their sides,I think there were many more at one time.

H
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