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III. — Cardinham : — Its Inscribed Stones and other Antiquities. — 

 By Eev. W. Iago, B.A., Westheath, Bodmin; Hon. Sec. 

 for Cornwall of the Society of Antiquaries, london. 



WITHIN tlie picturesque region of rocky tors, steep hills, 

 thickly wooded valleys, and rushing streams of the parish 

 of Cardinham in central East Cornwall, are many interesting 

 objects of antiquity. 



Ancient entrenchments within sight of each other, and numer- 

 ous tumuli, crown the hill summits ; many stone crosses of early 

 date are found, and a Romano-British inscribed stone ; there are 

 ruins of old buildings; a venerable church, with inscriptions 

 within its precincts of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman times ; 

 antique holy-wells and chapelries. 



Points of modern interest, too, are not lacking :— Glyn,*' now 

 the mansion of the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (Lord Vivian), 

 and other residences worthy of notice are within it. The old Deer 

 Park of Pinchla, formerly belonging to the Earls of Radnor, and 

 the site of the Pace Coursef patronized by many county gentlemen 

 of the past generation. 



CARDINHAM. 



The first part of the name Car-din-ham is held to be derived 

 from Caer or Gaer — the Camp, Castle, or War-place ; (corapare 

 " Tre-geare " and the Gaulish "guerre") and it seems likely 

 that the remainder of the name may in like manner be descrip- 

 tive of the nature of the position. There are other places to 

 which the name Dinham or Denham is applied. Whether all 



* Glin is mentioned in Domesday. 



t The " Taunton Courier " of July 27, 1809 (Price 6d. to the inhabitants of 

 Somerset and Devon except those of Plymoiith, Stouehouse, and Dock, who with 

 those in Hants, Dorset, and Cornwall were to pay but 5d. (!) published a lon'g ad- 

 vertisement announcing' the Bodmin Races to be held on this ground, on August 

 22nd and 23rd, jiostponed from 15th and 16th, on account of the Assizes, Lords 

 Mount Edgcumbe, Falmouth, Eliot, and De Dunstanville, with many other gentle- 

 men, were the promoters. A plate of .£50 and a Ladies' Plate also of .£50 besides 

 many other prizes were offered. The notice was signed by the Earl of Mount 

 Edgcumbe and Charles Lemon, Esq., hs stewards, and by Mr. John Wallis as 

 clerk of the course. 



