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 26 THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL Cury have a slight elevation over the stair turret, crowned by a central pinnacle. In several cases the towers have panelled or octagonal pinnacles of more or less stateliness, at the angles of the battle- ments, crowned with crocketed finials, and rising from corbels at the base of the topmost stage of the tower ; some of the best examples of this treatment occur at St. Ive, Fowey, Lawhitton, St. Mawgan-in- Pyder, St. Anthony-in-Meneage, and Callington. Spires are of rare occurrence in Cornwall ; there are fourteen now standing, exclusive of two or three of modern construction ; those marked with an asterisk have been rebuilt: — St. Agnes, St. Anthony- in-Roseland, St. Cubert, St. Enodoc, St. Eval*, St. Ewe, St. Gerrans, St. Hilary*, St. Keverne, Lostwithiel, Menheniot, St. Minver*, Rame, and Sheviock. A remarkable feature of some Cornish churches — not exactly reproduced elsewhere in England, though found in Pembrokeshire — is what may be best described as SQUINT PASSAGES. They occur at St. Cury, Landewednack, Landrake, St. Mawgan- in-Meneage, Pillaton, and Quethiock, and there are traces of their former occurrence at a few other churches. These passages are formed at the junction of transepts and chancel, the wall being thickened out by projections, whilst within the passage is a low-side window and the base of the stairway to the rood-loft. The position of such LOW-SIDE WINDOWS was