CORNWALL 



hay" (culver = pigeon, hay = a house or home- 

 stead)existingatTrevanion,nearWadebridge. 

 It isacircularstructure, built of stoneand earth, 

 in which no signs of lime or mortar, as we know 

 it, can be traced. The internal diameter is 

 eleven feet, the height of the walls eighteen, 

 and the size of the doorway six feet by three. 



The roof, also of stone, is domed after the 

 fashion of the earlier Norman examples. In the 

 centre was originally the circular hole seen in 

 so many dovecotes of this shape and type; but, 

 in this instance, above the hole was a stone, 

 supported on pillars. The pillars have been 

 later removed, and the stone placed flat upon 

 the hole, thus closing it. 



This would, apparently, close the building's 

 career as a pigeon-house. But, here, as at 

 Angle Hall in Wales, we find that several 

 holes pierce through the walls, providing en- 

 trance for the birds. It is interesting to find 

 that this curious plan, which was clearly never 

 followed as a general rule, should be adopted a- 

 like in southern Wales and Cornwall, districts 

 linked in other ways. 



Other holes, near the top of the walls inside, 



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