292 MONTHLY MEETIXGS OF THE 



Aiit]ior is not aware that any notice lias ever Keen drawn to tlie 

 existence of CKiS Castles on Penliale or Pentire Point. 



And on these three headlands it may be remarked that 

 landing within the fortified area would he, with the ships then 

 existing, almost if not' qnite a matter of impossibility, even in 

 the calmest weather, exposed as they are to the long rolling 

 surge of the restless Atlantic; and that no hut circles or wells can 

 be traced, and this seems to point rather to these castles being 

 places for temporary shelter for the inhabitants than for an 

 invader dependent on his fleet. That they were more than 

 places for the safe keej)ing of cattle is also apparent from the 

 evidence of the double vallimas at Pentire Head. 



The Author hopes to have time at a future period to 

 continue his examination and surveys of the remaining head- 

 lands, the results of which he will communicate to the Society 

 if they be of suflicient importance. 



The next paper was on an " Inventory of Household Goods 

 in the 17th Century," contributed by Mr. E. Foebes Whitlet. 

 The inventory, which is worth preserving as giving an account 

 of the possessions of a substantial yeoman of this period, runs 

 as follows : — 



A trew and perfecht Inventory of all the goodes and 

 chattelles of Christopher Dandj^ of Saint Breock nextWadebridge, 

 lately decessed had and apprised this Fourth day of February, 

 Anno dommenej'-, 1689, by Thomas Barones, Christopher Pidlear, 

 Peter Hickes, and Thomas Danday, of the aforesaid St. Breock, 

 as folio eth : — 



li s. d. 



Imp" His pures and girdell and wear- ) no nn o 

 ning aparell j 



Jtm Pqj^. ^q1 o^g^ ^Q pQ^gg 08 00 



jtm ]7qj, ^q yarlines and to caves . . . . 02 10 



r^ For fifty sheap 10 00 



jtm Yov sixtenne hoges . . . . . . 02 00 



jtm. -p^y, -tj^^ree nages and on- colt . . . . 06 05 



jtm YoY seven rering piges . . . . . . 00 18 6 



r™ For polling 00 00 6 



Jtm jiqj, Huthatell estate 48 00 



Jtm Pqj, corne in the mohay 07 10 



i— Two. 2 -One. 



