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HER Number:29060.02
Name:TRUTHWALL - Medieval chapel

Summary

A chapel was licensed at Truthwall in 1387.

Grid Reference:SW 5274 3236
Parish:Ludgvan, Penwith, Cornwall
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Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 29060.02
  • SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW53SW 83

Monument Type(s):

  • CHAPEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

Henderson recorded that a chapel was licensed at Truthwall in 1387. The site of the chapel is said to be covered by debris from West Wheal Fortune (b2). No remains were visible in Borlase's time (b1, b2).


<1> Borlase, W, 1770, Exercitationes Sacrae, 42 (Unpublished document). SCO2881.

<2> Henderson, C, 1955-60, Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the 109 parishes of West Cornwall & Ecclesiastical History of the 4 Western Hundreds, (NS) 311 (Article in Journal). SCO3499.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO2881 - Unpublished document: Borlase, W. 1770. Exercitationes Sacrae. MS At Morrab Library, Penzance. 42.
[2]SCO3499 - Article in Journal: Henderson, C. 1955-60. Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the 109 parishes of West Cornwall & Ecclesiastical History of the 4 Western Hundreds. JRIC (NS) Vol 2 (part 3 & 4) Vol 3 (part2 &4). (NS) 311.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

29060Part of: TRUTHWALL - Early Medieval settlement, Medieval manor, Medieval settlement (Monument)