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HER Number:	MCO64922
Name:	BOSPORTHENNIS - C19 merriment holes

Summary

Extant C19 merriment holes

Grid Reference:	SW 4390 3639
Parish:	Zennor, Penwith, Cornwall
Map:	Show location on Streetmap

Protected Status: None recorded

Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded

Monument Type(s):

RECUMBENT STONE (19th Century - 1801 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

Extant C19 merriment holes drilled into stone (1). These were used during celebrations of local and national success or annual festivities. The holes were filled with gunpowder, sealed with a clay plug, and a fuse lit (2).

<1> Cornwall Wildlife Trust, Email, 06/06/2018 (Personal communication). SCO29079.

<2> NATIONAL TRUST, 2022, Heritage Record, https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA169426 (Website). SCO29081.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]	SCO29079 - Personal communication: Cornwall Wildlife Trust. Email. 06/06/2018.
[2]	SCO29081 - Website: NATIONAL TRUST. 2022. Heritage Record. https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA169426.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records: none recorded

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