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 CORNWALL fought between the Britons and Saxons in 823. Near here was found a Romanised - British menhir, said to have been once utilised as a foot-bridge, on which is a Latin inscription, usually read as Latlnus hie jack filius Macari. The manor of Worthyvale was mentioned as Guerdevalan in Domesday. Camelford can boast of having returned Lords Lansdowne, Brougham, and " Ossian " Macpherson, during its parliamentary days. Its parish church, Lanteglos (" church-enclosure"), is nearly 2 miles distant ; it is a fine building with E.E. chancel, nave of combined Dec. and Perp., tower and font E.E. At the rectory, designed by Pugin, are an ancient cross and inscribed stone worth inspecting. Cape Cornwall (4 m. N. of Land's End) is a mass of granite and slate, having the appearance of reaching even farther westward than Land's End itself; but this is an optical deception. Traces of an ancient chapel (St. Helen's) may be seen here. The Brison rocks, about a mile out, have been the scene of many wrecks. Caradon Hill, height 1208 ft., is a spur of the Bodmin Moors, about 5 m. N. of Liskeard. Close by are disused copper mines. A local couplet runs — " When Caradon's capped and St. Cleer hooded, Liskeard town will soon be flooded ". Carclaze Mine. — "Car-glaze," grey rock (2 m. N.E. of St. Austell), has been quarried for 80