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.
We are excited to announce that we have commissioned a short film of the story of St Piran for use by Cornish schools and are now looking for volunteers to act as “extras” to help us with crowd scenes on the filming days.
Year 9 students at Liskeard School and Community College have been awarded their Bronze Art Award certificates by our new Chair, Dr Lamorna Spry. Lamorna spent time chatting with the students in both Cornish and English about their experiences and project work involving the Cornish language. The Trust funded the students’ qualifications. The students’ main project was to […]
Hireth! A new production sponsored by Cornwall Heritage Trust Cornwall Heritage Trust are very proud to be sponsoring Hireth! a new Play by Ed Rowe. We have an exclusive competition for members to win a family ticket to the play which is being staged at St Just’s Miner’s Chapel in November 2018. Win Family Tickets […]
The 33rd Annual General Meeting of Cornwall Heritage Trust took place on Thursday 20th September at Chacewater Village Hall. The AGM was preceded by the Dr John Rowe Memorial Lecture when Trustees, members and friends enjoyed an informative and well-researched talk by Carole Vivian, last year’s Heritage Champion. Everyone enjoyed Miss Vivian’s stories of Trelawne […]
