Excursions in the County of Cornwall / Comprising a Concise Historical and Topographical Delineation of the Principal Towns and Villages, Together With Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and Every Other Interesting Object of Curiosity

by Frederick Wilton Litchfield Stockdale

And unhewn sphere of living adamant,

Which, pois’d by magic, rests its central weight

On yonder pointed rock, firm as it seems,

Such is its strange and virtuous property,

It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch.”

The stupendous and majestic appearance of the rocks which form the Promontory of the Land’s End, the raging of the ocean beneath, the incessant screaming of sea gulls and other wild birds, when disturbed by the sight of man, raise the strongest emotions of admiration and astonishment. On a ridge of rocks, called the Long Ships, a Light-House was erected in the year 1797, by a Mr. Smith, under the sanction of the Trinity Board.

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EXCURSION II.

From the Land’s End to Stratton; through St. Ives, Camborne, Redruth, St. Columb, Padstow, and Camelford.

St. Just, about five miles from the Land’s End, is the first place of any note in this direction, and is situated about seven miles from Penzance; but chiefly remarkable as the birth-place of the celebrated Dr. Borlase, the historian of the Natural History and Antiquities of this county.[^[29]]