Tre-crag-an
ancient intrenchment called Tre-Crag-an, on the border of the parish - seems lost? Trink Hill? Trevalgan? Trecobben(Trencrom)
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Tre-crag-an, the raffed rock town, situate upon Tre-crag-an hill or mountain
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Cornwall LXXX.NW, Revised: 1906, Published: 1908
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ancient intrenchment called Tre-Crag-an, also on the border of the parish
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Hals’ History of Cornwall—c1730
The following description is quoted from [Hals 1750] and must be read in the context of about 1730 when it was written. The extract is taken from [Polsue 1868]. Other extracts are available online.
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In this parish are two notable camps, castles, or intrenchments of our ancestors the Britons, wherein they fortified themselves against their enemies in formor ages, the ruins and downfalls of whioh are yet to be seen, the one called Castle-an-Dunes, (in Ludgvan) or Denis; the other Tre-crag-an, the raffed rock town, situate upon Tre-crag-an hill or mountain, as I take it.
); the other Tre-crag-an, the ragged rock town, situate upon Tre-crag-an hill or mountain, as I take it. TONKIN. Towednack lies in the hundred of Penwith ...[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/60558/60558-h/60558-h.htm ]
... Towednack, see Lelant Zennar , R. V. V Gross Ann ... Trecragan Entrenchment, 173. Trecroben, v. in ... Towednack. Trevilder, v. in Egloshayle. Trevillis, v ... [https://archive.org/stream/illustrateditine1842redd/illustrateditine1842redd_djvu.txt ]
12 Towednack. 13 S. Ives, (Halsetown). 14 Uny ... Towednack. S. Terbyn, W.W., i.q. S. Erbyn. the Saint Terry ... Trecragan. Tregr-ay, -ea, 1 Gwrhai's (w.) d ... [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029805441/cu31924029805441_djvu.txt ]
TRECRABEN, i.q. TRECROBBEN.
TRECRAGEN, the ragged rock town,
H.; ? (Grwgawn's (w.) town.
TRECREEGE, ? barrow (creeg) town.
TRECROB-BEN, -IN, the place on the
crooked hill (tre crom ben), Mur.
TRECRO-GA, -OGO, the shelly town,
Pr. ; ? Rhagaw’s (w.) dwelling.
https://ia801602.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/9/…
https://archive.org/details/glossaryofcornis00bann/page/155/mode/1up?q=…
... TreCRAGAN. Tregr-ay, -ea, 'I Gwrhai's {w.) d. Tregr-een,-en, 0. -ehan, -IAN, green town or d., B.; li.q. Tregragen. Tregr-ell, d.d. -L, -ILL, -YLL, Gwrill's ... http://archive.org/stream/glossaryofcornis00bann/glossaryofcornis00bann_djvu.txt
... TRECRAGAN. TREGR-AY, -EA, ? Gwrhai's (w.) d. TREGR-EEN, -EN, 0. -EHAN, -IAN, green town or d., B.; ? i.q. TREGRAGEN. TREGR-ELL, d.d. -L,-ILL,-YLL, Gwrill's ...
[https://studylib.net/doc/8020201/the-salamanca-corpus--a-glossary-of-cornish-names--1869 ]
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