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but when Athelstan had over-run the whole country, and received 

 the submission of Howel the last king of Cornwall (A.D. 936), 

 a Bishop was appointed in communion with the Anglo-Saxon 

 Church.* 



From a review of the whole of the evidence adduced we may 

 infer that the occupation of Coi*awall by the Romans, slight as 

 it appears to be, was rather that of friendly intercourse for the 

 purpose of trade, than that of conquest and dominion. They 

 may have held isolated portions of the county by their outlying 

 forts, or headland castles fortified on the land side, like that of 

 Condora ; but the great mass of the people were unsubdued, and 

 maintained their allegiance to their native Chieftains. f 



* See Carue on the Bishopric of Cornwall, Journal of Eoyal Institution of 

 Cornwall, 1866. 



t After the above paper was read, the attention of the members was called, by 

 Dr. Barham, to a Stone now in the Churchyard of St. Hilary, inscribed, as he 

 thought, in the official form, to Constantine the Great, which he considered of 

 great importance as evidencing the occupation of parts of West Cornwall by the 

 Romans. His opinion that this relic is, although rude, a Roman milestone, being 

 shared by archjeologists of authority, it has been thought desirable to get it 

 accurately figured, and to submit it to the most competent judges of its significance, 

 before it is again brought under the notice of this Institution. 



