A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Restormel Castle, ruin, Lanlivery par., Cornwall, on a hill overlooking the valley of the Fowey, in N. vicinity of Lostwithiel; was built in the time of Henry III., was a stronghold of the Earls of Cornwall, and was taken by the Royalists in 1644; at the foot of the hill is Restormel House, seat; adjacent is Restormel Mine (iron), the first visited by Queen Victoria in her progress through Cornwall.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "ruin" (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites") |
| Administrative units: | Lanlivery CP/AP Cornwall AncC |
| Place: | Restormel |
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