Last night our Vice Chair, Mrs Clare Jacques, visited St Just Old Cornwall Society to deliver a talk on the Trust. It was very well received and those present were amazed at the breadth of projects and activities undertaken by the Trust, as well as the spread of sites that we look after! The Old […]
We are very excited to announce our FREE family day at the Royal Cornwall Museum on Saturday 9th November 2019 between 10am and 4pm. All are welcome to come along and visit the Museum and enjoy the entertainment from the Cornwall County Boys and Girls Choirs, as well as the special activities for the day […]
Our 2020 Calendar features beautiful photographs which celebrate Cornwall’s unique heritage. We are very grateful to our photography competition winners for their wonderful contribution. Overall winner of the competition was Tim Pearson with his photograph “Wheal Prosper under the stars” which is featured on the cover. The runners up were: Tim Knight – “Lanyon Quoit” […]
Notice is hereby given of the Annual General Meeting of the Cornwall Heritage Trust which will take place on Thursday 26th September at 2pm at Krowji. Copies of the agenda and the minutes of the 2018 AGM can be downloaded from this website. Annual accounts for the year 2018-19 are to follow. All are welcome […]
We were thrilled to receive nearly 60 entries into our photographic competition to find images for our 2020 calendar. The theme was “Celebrating Cornwall’s Heritage” and the Judges were spoilt for choice, making their job extremely difficult to whittle the entries down to the final 13. Our thanks to Col Edward Bolitho (CHT President), Emma […]
We are looking to clear the old crib hut at Treffry Viaduct to preserve it for the future and are holding a volunteers day to carry out this work and clear and reveal some of the old tramway sleepers. If you would like to be involved, this will be a one day event on Thursday […]
An archaeological excavation at Trethevy Quoit near Darite has made an exciting discovery which means that our understanding of the prehistoric site will have to be reassessed. Between 9th and 13th July, more than thirty volunteers took part in the dig, which was supervised by Andy Jones and Ryan Smith of the Cornwall Archaeological Unit. […]
We are delighted to have received so many offers of help for the archaeological dig at Trethevy Quoit in July. We have tried to ensure that as many people as possible are able to get involved however inevitably we were not able to accept everybody. Places were allocated on a first come first served basis […]
Cornwall Heritage Trust would like to invite web development agencies to tender for a new website. Cornwall Heritage Trust is a charity which was set up in 1985 with the purpose of preserving and strengthening Cornwall’s rich heritage. The Trust owns and manages iconic sites around Cornwall. We support Cornish language, cultural and educational events […]
We are very excited to introduce “The Tale of St Piran”, a film commissioned by Cornwall Heritage Trust which tells the story of St Piran from his early years to how he arrived in Cornwall from Ireland and introduced the people of Cornwall to Christianity, mining (through the discovery of tin) and inspired the iconic St Piran flag.
We are very excited to introduce “The Tale of St Piran”, a film commissioned by Cornwall Heritage Trust which tells the story of St Piran from his early years to how he arrived in Cornwall from Ireland and introduced the people of Cornwall to Christianity, mining (through the discovery of tin) and inspired the iconic St Piran flag.
The Trust is pleased to be able to announce that we have received a grant from Historic England to rebuild a section of hedge adjacent to Trethevy Quoit. We will also be putting up a new gate into the field. It is planned that works will start on Monday 11th February and measures will be put in place to allow people to use the field during the period of works.
