Belerion: Ancient Sites of Land's End

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The Adventure of the Devil's Foot". WorldwideSchool.org. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013 . Retrieved 11 May 2007. Cornwall has a temperate Oceanic climate ( Köppen climate classification: Cfb), with mild winters and cool summers. Cornwall has the mildest and one of the sunniest climates of the United Kingdom, as a result of its oceanic setting and the influence of the Gulf Stream. [46] The average annual temperature in Cornwall ranges from 11.6°C (52.9°F) on the Isles of Scilly to 9.8°C (49.6°F) in the central uplands. Winters are among the warmest in the country due to the moderating effects of the warm ocean currents, and frost and snow are very rare at the coast and are also rare in the central upland areas. Summers are, however, not as warm as in other parts of southern England. [47] The surrounding sea and its southwesterly position mean that Cornwall's weather can be relatively changeable.

Cornwall's population was 537,400 in the 2011 census, with a population density of 144 people per square kilometre, ranking it 40th and 41st, respectively, [ clarification needed] among the 47 counties of England. Cornwall's population was 95.7% White British and has a relatively high rate of population growth. At 11.2% in the 1980s and 5.3% in the 1990s, it had the fifth-highest population growth rate of the counties of England. [170] The natural change has been a small population decline, and the population increase is due to inward migration into Cornwall. [171] According to the 1991 census, the population was 469,800.Due to its long coastline, various maritime sports are popular in Cornwall, notably sailing and surfing. International events in both are held in Cornwall. Cornwall hosted the Inter-Celtic Watersports Festival in 2006. Surfing in particular is very popular, as locations such as Bude and Newquay offer some of the best surf in the UK. Pilot gig rowing has been popular for many years and the World championships takes place annually on the Isles of Scilly. On 2 September 2007, 300 surfers at Polzeath beach set a new world record for the highest number of surfers riding the same wave as part of the Global Surf Challenge and part of a project called Earthwave to raise awareness about global warming. [103] Fencing [ edit ] Price, J. H., Hepton, C. E. L. and Honey, S. I. (1979). The Inshore Benthic Biota of the Lizard Peninsula, south west Cornwall: the marine algae – History; Chlorophyta; Phaeophyta. Cornish Studies; no. 7: pp. 7–37 E. M. R. Ditmas, Tristan and Iseult in Cornwall: The Twelfth-century Romance by Beroul Re-told from the Norman French, by E. M. R. Ditmas Together with Notes on Old Cornwall and a Survey of Place Names in the Poem (Forrester Roberts, 1970) Learning Cornish". Cornwall Council. 24 April 2020. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020 . Retrieved 30 May 2020.

William Camden, the Elizabethan historian, took the view that the name "Ictis" was so similar to "Vectis", the Latin name for the Isle of Wight, that the two were probably the same island. The Cornish antiquary William Borlase (1696–1772) suggested that Ictis must have been near the coast of Cornwall and could have been a general name for a peninsula there. [7] The stannary parliaments and stannary courts were legislative and legal institutions in Cornwall and in Devon (in the Dartmoor area). The stannary courts administered equity for the region's tin-miners and tin mining interests, and they were also courts of record for the towns dependent on the mines. The separate and powerful government institutions available to the tin miners reflected the enormous importance of the tin industry to the English economy during the Middle Ages. Special laws for tin miners pre-date written legal codes in Britain, and ancient traditions exempted everyone connected with tin mining in Cornwall and Devon from any jurisdiction other than the stannary courts in all but the most exceptional circumstances.a b "Blair gets Cornish assembly call". BBC News. 11 December 2001. Archived from the original on 2 July 2008 . Retrieved 22 May 2008. Whilst the best example of a courtyard house village in West Cornwall is certainly Chysauster, the courtyard houses at Carn Euny are remarkably well-preserved and well worth a visit. Enclosed settlements or rounds Stansfield-Cudworth, R. E. (2009). Political Elites in South-West England, 1450–1500: Politics, Governance, and the Wars of the Roses. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press. ISBN 978-0-77344-714-1.

Diodorus gives an account that is generally supposed to be a description of the working of Cornish tin at about the time of the voyage of Pytheas. He says:

Remains of the Iron Age in Cornwall

Payton, Philip (2004). Cornwall: a history (reviseded.). Fowey: Cornwall Editions Ltd. ISBN 1-904880-00-2. a b "Over 100,000 people identify as Cornish in latest census". Cornwall Live. 30 November 2022 . Retrieved 6 December 2022. THG’s confirmation of a third approach came hours after it emerged that Candy was considering making an offer for the e-commerce company. Under UK takeover rules, Belerion and King, Candy and the other unnamed suitors have until 16 June to make a formal offer or walk away. Candy is also a major investor in the London-listed podcast company Audioboom and the augmented reality business Blippar. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle stated in 815 (adjusted date) "and in this year king Ecgbryht raided in Cornwall from east to west." this has been interpreted to mean a raid from the Tamar to Land's End, and the end of Cornish independence. [26] However, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states that in 825 (adjusted date) a battle took place between the Wealas (Cornish) and the Defnas (men of Devon) at Gafulforda. The Cornish giving battle here, and the later battle at Hingston Down, casts doubt on any claims of control Wessex had at this stage. [27] visual landscape setting - there is a characteristic artistry to this, in terms of the way a menhir fits in the landscape. There is an intuitive artistic elegance to their location;