What an incredible evening we had celebrating the launch of our £49,832 community history project with our Platinum Jubilee lightings at Sancreed and Castle an Dinas! Nearly 1300 people joined us last Thursday to light up the Beacons and celebrate the beginning of this landmark two-year project, which will see Cornwall Heritage Trust creating and […]
We are thrilled to share the news that the new Management Plan 2022-2027 from Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) has been officially adopted by Cornwall Council this May. The five-year plan is a shared strategy for those who live, work and visit the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It provides guidance to […]
A big thank you to the Cornwall Heritage Trust and English Heritage volunteers, who came together from across Cornwall and Devon earlier this month to enhance the setting of the historic West Cornwall settlement of Carn Euny. One of the best-preserved ancient villages in the South West, Carn Euny is located near Sancreed, Penzance. The […]
It’s just over two weeks until we light up the Beacons at Sancreed and Castle an Dinas to officially launch our £49,832 community history project and celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – and we can’t wait! Everyone is invited to the lightings which are taking place from 7pm at Sancreed Beacon, Penzance and 8.30pm at Castle an Dinas, St […]
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded £49,832 from the National Lottery Community Fund as part of the Platinum Jubilee funding launched to celebrate 70 years of Her Majesty the Queen’s reign. The Platinum Jubilee funding was designed to create a greater legacy for our places and spaces, aimed at projects that […]
Cornwall Heritage Trust is proud to have purchased Caer Bran – an important multi-age hillfort site near Sancreed, which contains archaeological remains from both the Bronze Age and Iron Age periods. The purchase allows the Trust to protect the nine-hectare site from possible development and intensive agricultural use, recognising its importance as a site of […]
Cornwall Heritage Trust presents a Cornish Story Cafe – HMS Warspite with Richard Holme. This fascinating story of the battleship HMS Warspite, renowned for her numerous battle honours, ending her days wrecked off Prussia Cove, will be told by Marine historian Richard Holme. The free event starts at 3pm on Thursday 24th February at the […]
Cornwall Heritage Trust are delighted to be taking part in the Open Studios at Krowji this weekend. Please pop into our new studio at G04 in The Percy Williams Building to meet our staff and find out more about CHT and what we do. We will be holding a Christmas Raffle with some […]
Notice is hereby given that the 36th AGM of the Cornwall Heritage Trust will take place by Zoom on Wednesday 1st December at 3pm Last year we were unable to hold a public AGM due to the lockdown restrictions and the decision was reluctantly made that it was necessary to hold a closed meeting online. […]
Following the success of their 2015 book Shout Kernow, which won the Waterstones’ Holyer an Gof Award, Sally Burley and Hilary Coleman turned their attention to exploring the continuity and revival of the Cornish carolling tradition. During 2016 they travelled around Cornwall, recording stories, memories and local versions of carols. Cornish carols are special and […]
Last week our Story Cafe Trethevy Quoit with Andy Jones took place via Zoom and live streamed to our Facebook page. If you missed it, or would like to watch it again, we have now uploaded a recording onto the CHT Youtube Channel. Andy is the Principal Archaeologist with the Cornwall Archaeological Unit, and gave […]
We have been working on a short film – The Costume Project – which looks at the way, miners, fishermen, fishwives and Bal maidens were dressed and the way in which this evolved. Our thanks to Merv and Alison Davey for their hard work researching the content of this resource which will be freely available […]
