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 HELSTON— INCE CASTLE Hensbarrow Beacon (4 m. N. of St. Austell) is an eminence of 1034 ft., crowned by a tumulus. St. Hilary. (See Marazion.) Hijigsto)! Down, the high land between Callington and the Tamar (its greatest height being Kit Hill, 1067 ft.), was the scene of a desperate battle in 835 between King Edgar of Wessex and the combined Cornish and Danes. The Saxons won after much blood- shed ; perhaps some of the slain were buried in the neighbouring barrows. A good deal of not very profitable mining has been done on the down, hardly bearing out the old couplet that says : — " Hignston Down well ywrought Is worth London town dear ybought ". There is a magnificent view from these hills. Illogan (2 m. N.W. of Redruth), the birthplace of the engineer Trevithick, is in the heart of the only Cornish district where mining still thrives. It is one of the most densely populated parishes in the duchy. The name is a little difficult ; Rees speaks of a Welsh St. Illog, while others refer to a saint from Leinster. In this parish is Tehidy, with its immense park and fine collection of pictures (Gainsborough, Vandyke, Reynolds, Lely, etc.). This manor is the seat of the Bassets. In the church are some good monu- ments and a very curious font. luce Castle (3 m. S. of Saltash), on the 131