The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 1 (of 4)
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The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 1 (of 4)
Cornwall (England : County) -- History; Geology -- England -- Cornwall (County)
or landmarks; as having read in those authors that wrote on
limits, that stones were gathered together of both parties,
and the same erected for bounders. In this coast the river
Loo maketh way and runneth into the sea, and in his very
mouth giveth name to two little towns joined with a bridge
together.’
“On the 6th August, 1802, I went with a party of friends to
see these natural and artificial curiosities, mentioned by
Camden. I first got the party to Red-gate,[26] in St. Cleer
parish, about four miles from Liskeard, in order to find out
Doniert or Dungerth’s monument, which I understood was
somewhere near to it. I made inquiry at the house at
Red-gate after this monument, but could get no account of it
for some time, though I questioned in a variety of ways; at
last, however, we got information where it was situated. It
is about a quarter of a mile off from Red-gate, eastward, in
a field next the high road. We got into this field, and
seeing an erect stone went towards it, and found it to be
the monument we sought. One moorstone stands erect, and the
other with the inscription on it, lies in a pit close by.
The figures of these stones in Borlase’s History are most
like them of any I have seen.[27] I made out and copied the
inscription very perfectly, by rubbing a soft stone which
left its mark in the letters.
+---------+
| DONI |
| ERT: RO |
| GAUIT |
| PRO AN |
| IMA |
+---------+
“This stone by recollection is about two feet wide at top,
and about five or six feet in length. And the other stone,
which still stands erect, and ornamented with cross lines,
&c. is about the same in height.
“The west front is quite plain; the top has the remains of a
kind of mortice, left hand corner broken off. The east front
is dotted over, but has no letters.
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