Tag: Borlase
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A Cornish rock art discovery at Carn Leskys – the Carn of Burnings
I was recently conducting research for a talk on Cornish Midsummer customs when I had cause to read through the book Observations on the Antiquities Historical and Monumental of the County of Cornwall by William Borlase, published in 1754. Many of the Midsummer customs in West Penwith involve fire and bonfires, so my eyebrows were…