Treffry Viaduct received a spring clean last week and it was no easy task! Standing at 90 feet high and 670 feet long the iconic aqueduct, which nestles in the beautiful Luxulyan Valley, was due to receive some attention last year however the routine maintenance was delayed due to the Coronavirus restrictions. The viaduct is […]
We were very grateful to Kensa Broadhurst for the excellent Virtual Story Cafe she presented on Thursday, which was live streamed to our Facebook page and via Zoom. If you missed the opportunity to catch the event live, we have now uploaded the recording of the story cafe onto our Youtube Channel.
We were delighted to have received a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to commission educational films on three of our sites. Idenna Creative did a wonderful job, incorporating drone footage, some Cornish phrases and packed with interesting information on Castle an Dinas, Carn Euny and The Hurlers. Through our popular Schools Transport Grants […]
Calendar 2022 – Photo Competition – “Heritage in our Landscape” It’s that time of year we start looking for photos for the Cornwall Heritage Trust 2022 Calendar. Cornwall has an abundance of heritage and stunning landscape so let’s capture that to make our increasingly popular calendar more spectacular than ever. To enter the competition, please […]
Cornwall Heritage Trust presents… A Virtual Story Cafe with Kensa Broadhurst, who will talk about her research into the Cornish Language. Kensa Broadhurst is currently studying for her PhD and hopes that not only will the research she carries out help our understanding of the use of Cornish during the nineteenth century and give more […]
Last Thursday we had an informative and lively virtual Story Cafe with Laura Garcia and Richard Trethewey from The Rowan Tree, who gave a fascinating talk about Kolar’s Gold, their multimedia project on the Cornish diaspora in India. Through their music and stories and their collaborative work with Indian musicians, Cornish choirs and brass bands, […]
Cornwall Heritage Trust presents a free virtual Story Cafe with The Rowan Tree : Kolar’s Gold, led by Laura Garcia, Tom Fosten and Richard Trethewey. Join us live on Zoom or our Facebook Page, as we listen to the fascinating account of their research into the forgotten stories of Cornish miners, their families and their […]
Following a successful bid to the Culture Recovery Fund through the Architectural Heritage Fund, Cornwall Heritage Trust is seeking consultants to formulate a Business Development Plan for the next five years which addresses the needs of the Trust to secure its future sustainability and enable it to continue to look after and promote Cornwall’s heritage. […]
The recording of Peter Herring’s Story Cafe about the cutting, saving and use of turf as the principal household fuel on Bodmin Moor is now available to watch on our Youtube Channel. The talk by Peter Herring was fascinating. The Zoom event was fully booked and we had lots of questions and engagement from the […]
Cornwall Heritage Trust presents… Turf cutting for Fuel on Bodmin Moor. A free virtual Story Cafe with Pete Herring A story cafe about the cutting, saving and use of turf as the principal household fuel on Bodmin Moor until a generation or two ago. Pete Herring will talk about his research into this practice, which […]
If you missed Cornwall Heritage Trust’s virtual story cafe on Cornish Scoot Dancing last week, then you will be pleased to know that the recording has now been edited and added to our Youtube Channel. We are very grateful to Merv and Alison Davey for kindly leading our first ever virtual Story Café. Merv and […]
Hosted by Cornwall Heritage Trust, our first ever Cornish Story Cafe held on Zoom will be led by Merv and Alison Davey. The theme is Cornish Scoot (Step) Dancing, and Merv and Alison will talk about the tradition of Cornish dancing and show archive footage. We invite participants to join on Zoom and you will […]
