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The Society has organised a number of excavations. One, considered to be outstanding was at Carn Brea led by Roger Mercer from 1970 to 1973, which established a new class of site — the Early Neolithic tor enclosure. [4] 1962 Castilly henge, near Lanivet [5] [6] 1963 The Rumps; 1964 Carn Euny
The first Old Cornwall Society was established by Robert Morton Nance in St Ives in 1920. [1] Today, The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies consists of over 40 individual societies throughout Cornwall. There are also other affiliated groups within Cornwall as well as those Associated societies and groups in England and overseas.
1814: Royal Geological Society of Cornwall founded; 1815: The Davy lamp containing a candle is devised by Sir Humphry Davy. 1818: Royal Institution of Cornwall; 1832: Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society founded in Falmouth. 1834: Augustus Smith obtains the Isles of Scilly, and evicts the inhabitants of some of the smaller islands.
www.cornwall.gov.uk. Davies, John Reuben (2013). "Wales and West Britain". In Stafford, Pauline (ed.). A Companion to the Early Middle Ages: Britain and Ireland c.500-c.1100. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-118-42513-8. Halliday, Frank Ernest (2001). History of Cornwall, 2nd edition. Main text same as 1959 edition but with afterword by Halliday's ...
Cornwall may have been the primary source of the gold used in the British and Irish Early Bronze Age. Gold from Cornwall may have been used to make many of the lunulae found in Ireland and along the Atlantic Façade. Gold from the Carnon river and tin from Redruth are the likely source for these metals used in the Nebra sky disc. [278] [196] [198]
C. Caer Bran; Caledonia (1839 brig) Calstock Rural District; Camborne School of Mines; Camborne–Redruth Urban District; Camelford Rural District; Camelford water pollution incident
The Royal Cornwall Museum. This list of museums in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom, contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for ...
Cornwall Historical Society – located in a converted carriage barn, features annual exhibits on Cornwall's history House VI ("the Frank residence") – an example of Deconstructivist architecture Mohawk Mountain Ski Area – a ski resort