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situate on a conical hill, 730 feet in height above sea-level, and 
about two miles distant, E. by S., from St. Columb Major. It has 
been described in many of our county histories, and also, with 
much accuracy of detail, by Mr. MacLauchlan, in the Annual Re- 
port of this Institution for the year 1849. It has been suggested, 
however, that two ramparts, of the four mentioned by Mr. 
MacLauchlan, are so subordinate to the others as almost to be 
fairly deemed accidental ; the exterior one being caused by throw- 
ing the earth dug from the outer ditch, on its forward edge; the 
middle one by scarping away the hill to get material for the outer 
rampart. Here Mr. T. Q. Couch read a brief but highly in- 
teresting-Paper on the recorded history of the Camp, beginning with 
Carew ; and he pointed out how a misinterpretation of the word 
“‘ Dinas” had led to a belief that the Danes had something to do. 
with it. The Reverend Dr. Bannister gave the unlooked-for 
information, that the Castle was mentioned in the newly dis- 
covered Cornish Miracle Play, dated 1504. 
The Church of St. Columb Major was next visited. Here the 
excursionists were received by the Rector—Rev. H. L. Ventris, and 
Mr. G. Browne Collins, one of the Churchwardens, who gave 
much valuable information ; the Rev. W. Iago making an explana- 
tory statement, in detail, concerning the restoration of the building. 
Special attention was called to the fact that the altar was the 
original altar-stone found in the church by the late rector, Dr. 
Walker, and by him replaced in its proper position. A Cross in 
the churchyard, (adorned with trefoil piercing between the limbs 
and circle, and with three-looped interlaced knots), and a much- 
defaced Inscribed Stone in a garden adjoining, were next inspected. 
The Stone bears a Greek Transitional Cross upon its face, and near 
the lower part the letters “‘ FIL” have been traced ; and there are 
other letters, arranged in lines, down the front of the stone. 
After luncheon at the Red Lion Hotel, (where speeches, both 
practical and complimentary, were made by various gentlemen, 
including Dr. Jago, Sir Edward Smirke, Dr. Barham, Rev. H. L. 
Ventris, Rev. W. lago, Mr. Whitley, and Mr. G. Browne Collins), 
there was a pleasant drive, through the grounds of Carnanton and 
the vale of Lanherne, to the recently-restored Church of St. 
Mawgan, with its fine Arundel Brasses and its interesting Old 
Carving ; and, in the churchyard, an elaborate Gothic Cross, with 
hexagonal shaft on base, and a four-sided head with cusped and 
crocketed niches, containing figures. In two of these are mitred 
personages, each holding a pastoral staff in the right hand. On 
another side is sculptured God the Father, holding the Crucifixion 
before Him ; and the remaining side contains a group of figures, 
the decyphering of which appears to have been uncertain, but 
