Belerion: Ancient Sites of Land's End

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Land’s End is the legendary Cornish destination that has inspired people since ancient Greek times, when it was referred to as ‘Belerion’ – Place of the Sun. In the Greek text of Diodorus the name appears, in the accusative case, as "Iktin", so that translators have inferred that the nominative form of the name was "Iktis", rendering this into the medieval lingua franca of Latin (which only rarely used the letter 'k') as "Ictis". However, some commentators doubt that "Ictis" is correct and prefer "Iktin". [2] Enid Blyton's 1953 novel Five Go Down to the Sea (the twelfth book in The Famous Five series) is set in Cornwall, near the fictional coastal village of Tremannon. Harvey, David (2002). Celtic Geographies: Old Culture, New Times. London: Routledge. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-415-22396-6.

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Corn- originates from the Proto-Celtic "*karnu-" (" horn", presumed in reference to " headland"), and is cognate with the English word "horn" and Latin "cornu" (both deriving from the Proto-Indo-European *ker-). There may also have been an Iron Age group that occupied the Cornish peninsula known as the Cornovii (i.e. "people of the horn or headland"). [4] [5] [6] [7] [a] The mining, smelting and transportation of tin from west Cornwall at this time was famously described by Pytheas of Massilia around 325 BC. His words come to us via Diodorus Siculus, a Sicilian Greek historian writing two centuries later. This is the first written account of Cornwall. Cornwall Council – Business – Europe". Cornwall Council. 18 December 2015. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016 . Retrieved 28 March 2016. The Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Growth Programme is worth €603,706,863 (excluding technical assistance) and is made up of two main funding streams: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) -The ERDF Programme is worth €452,780,147 and makes up 75% of the Programme allocation and European Social Fund (ESF) – The ESF Programme is worth €150,926,716 and makes up 25% of the Programme allocation. There has been a revival of the language by academics and optimistic enthusiasts since the mid-19th century that gained momentum from the publication in 1904 of Henry Jenner's Handbook of the Cornish Language. It is a social networking community language rather than a social community group language. [51] Cornwall Council encourages and facilitates language classes within the county, in schools and within the wider community. [52]

Following a review by the Boundary Commission for England taking effect at the 2010 general election, Cornwall is divided into six county constituencies to elect MPs to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Lords Hansard Text for 25 Jan 2011 (pt002)". Hansard. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 25 January 2011. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011 . Retrieved 8 February 2011. Cornwall sees itself as the fourth Celtic nation of the United Kingdom; Lord Teverson William Sydney Graham". CPRW.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007 . Retrieved 11 May 2007. Boase, George Clement; Courtney, William Prideaux (1874–1882). Bibliotheca Cornubiensis: a catalogue of the writings, both manuscript and printed, of Cornishmen, and of works relating to the county of Cornwall, with biographical memoranda and copious literary references. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer. 3 vols. The Battle of Deorham in 577 saw the separation of Dumnonia (and therefore Cornwall) from Wales, following which the Dumnonii often came into conflict with the expanding English kingdom of Wessex. Centwine of Wessex "drove the Britons as far as the sea" in 682, and by 690 St Bonifice, then a Saxon boy, was attending an abbey in Exeter, which was in turn ruled by a Saxon abbot. [22] [23] The Carmen Rhythmicum written by Aldhelm contains the earliest literary reference to Cornwall as distinct from Devon. Religious tensions between the Dumnonians (who celebrated celtic Christian traditions) and Wessex (who were Roman Catholic) are described in Aldhelm's letter to King Geraint. The Annales Cambriae report that in AD 722 the Britons of Cornwall won a battle at "Hehil". [24] It seems likely that the enemy the Cornish fought was a West Saxon force, as evidenced by the naming of King Ine of Wessex and his kinsman Nonna in reference to an earlier Battle of Llongborth in 710. [25]Name [ edit ] "Cornweallas" shown on an early 19th-century map of "Saxon England" (and Wales) based on the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Cliffs at Land's End

Cornwall has a comprehensive education system, with 31 state and eight independent secondary schools. There are three further education colleges: Truro and Penwith College, Cornwall College and Callywith College which opened in September 2017. The Isles of Scilly only has one school, while the former Restormel district has the highest school population, and school year sizes are around 200, with none above 270. Before the introduction of comprehensive schools there were a number of grammar schools and secondary modern schools, e.g. the schools that later became Sir James Smith's School and Wadebridge School. There are also primary schools in many villages and towns: e.g. St Mabyn Church of England Primary School. Like the courtyard house villages with which these strange structures are associated, fogous are only found in mainland Britain west of the River Fal. Similar in design to the souterrains of Brittany and Ireland, these large, underground chambers (fogou comes from the Cornish vau meaning cave) were built by the “cut and cover” method using massive granite lintels, and represented a huge physical and organisational effort by the people of the time. Controversy still exists about their function, archaeologists offering such diverse explanations as food storage chambers, refuges and meeting places. It is more than likely that they had a mixture of functions, including ceremonial and religious uses. The fogou at Carn Euny is magnificent and a wonderful space in which to speculate quietly about what our ancestors were up to! Iron Age Britain and CornwallJune 2005 – Cash boost for Cornish language". BBC News. 14 June 2005. Archived from the original on 28 June 2006 . Retrieved 25 September 2010. Virginia Woolf". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008 . Retrieved 11 May 2007. The 'Real' World of Saxton: From The Lost Crown". Darklingroom.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 April 2011 . Retrieved 5 January 2019. The Foundation of the Kingdom of England". Third-millennium-library.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011 . Retrieved 25 September 2010.