Modern Neighbours
by Terri Waters
Title
Modern Neighbours
Artist
Terri Waters
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Photograph
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At the top of Carn Brea in mid Cornwall is Carn Brea Castle, still a prominent landmark of the skyline regardless of the town of Redruth which has been growing in it's shadow for the last few hundred years.
The Castle, once a shunting lodge owned by the Bassett family, is now a restaurant with stunning views.
Sitting on huge, uncut boulders its origins can be traced back to 1379 where it started life as a humble chapel to St Michael, one of Cornwall’s patron saints.
The stone twin towered fortress is inside the ramparts of the Iron Age hillfort and can be seen from miles around.
The slopes of the carn have their own story to tell. 6,000 years ago, granite walls and ramparts once circled the tors, and the remains are there to this day… along with the sites of Roman and Bronze Age artefacts, Iron Age roundhouses and, legend has it, the petrified bones of the Giant of Carn Brea, John of Gaunt.
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No Place Like Home group 09/29/2017
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September 24th, 2017
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