Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall: Consisting of Several Essays on the First Inhabitants, Druid-superstition, Customs, and Remains of the Most Remote Antiquity in Britain, and the British Isles, Exemplified and Proved by Monuments Now Extant in Cornwall and the Scilly Islands, with a Vocabulary of the Cornu-British Language

William Borlase

W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1769 - Cornish language - 464 pages

Contents

• Sepulchral or Idolatrous ſome Memorials and Religious ibid Deſign of Wormiuss Monu: 1
• П р: 6
• p: 14
• p: 21
• p 25 Of the Story of Brute if any Truth in it very little and inconfiderable must have been: 31
• p 49 Of the Normans A ſhort View of the unſettled Situation of the Britiſh Crown immediately: 49
• but inſtituted either in Britain or Gaul p: 78
• p 89 Druid Learning their Letters p 90 whether and how far they understood the Greek Tongue: 92
• p: 103
• p 110 Druid Places of Worship Groves p 110 why ibid that they had Temples p 111 112: 111
• p 123 The Druid Worship Time of Worship Women admitted and why p 123 Vulgar: 127
• p 127 Superftitious Turnings of the Body during the Time of Worship of the Druids Greeks: 134
• p 152 The Druids Declenſion and Extirpation Altar of Tiberius repreſenting the ſame Plate VIII: 155
• explained ibid: 173
• p 191 Of Circular Monuments Sect I Number and Diſtance of Stones p 191 192 How named: 198
• p 211 Of Barrows a Monument found in moſt Countries p 211 Name p 212 Conſtruction: 221
• p 223 Of the Cromleh its Place p 223 Conſtruction and Name 224 Found in many Nations: 229
• Χ p 233 Of UrnBurial Urns how and where placed p 234 Chikarn Urns ibid Gwythian: 240
• p 258 Of the Gold Coins found at Karnbrę p 258 Their Deſcription p 259 Not Phenician: 255
• h Oxfordſhire p: 309
• p 330 When Cornwall was in all Probability firſt conquered by the Romans p 338 Antique Intaglio: 342
• p 350 Of Walled Castles for Defence and Reſidence p 350 Caſtle Karnbrę ibid Tindagel: 352
• JX p 354 Caſtles which have Keeps as Trematon p 354 Reſtormel p 356 Boſcaſtle: 363
• p 366 State of Chriſtianity in Cornwall before the Norman Conqueſt p 366 Saints: 372
• Of Padſtow Church: 390

Bibliographic information

• Title: Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall: Consisting of Several Essays on the First Inhabitants, Druid-superstition, Customs, and Remains of the Most Remote Antiquity in Britain, and the British Isles, Exemplified and Proved by Monuments Now Extant in Cornwall and the ...; Cicognara library
• Author: William Borlase
• Illustrated by: William Borlase
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1769
• Original from: the Bavarian State Library
• Digitized: Oct 10, 2012
• Length: 464 pages