Tag Archives: Penwith

Perthi cov (Remember) Craig Weatherhill

The passing of a great Cornishman, Craig Weatherhill (1950-2020), whose death ‘in the virtual saddle’ working alone in his home on Saturday 18th July, 2020 or Sunday 19th July, 2020…

Fund success for Penwith Landscape Partnership

Heritage Lottery Fund success for Penwith Landscape Partnership A partnership of local organizations, led by Cornwall Wildlife Trust, has been successful in securing £2.7million, including £140,600 development funding,from the Heritage…

Taxpayer funded body refuses to reply to taxpayers – Appalling (An open letter)

Open Letter, by Craig Weatherhill Letter to Andrew Vines, “English” Heritage, 26 March 2014. (copies to: Maria Miller, Culture Minister; Andrew George MP; George Eustice MP; Ian Liddell-Grainger MP; SPM,…

Mismanagement of Penwith Moors & ancient sites

An Open Letter: The Kernow Branch of the Celtic League has written an open letter calling for a formal inquiry into what they allege is the “mismanagement” of an historic…

[Save Penwith Moors] Cattle grids across the B3306 at Carn Galva

In October 2008 the Highways Department [of the former County Council] began work installing two cattle grids across the scenic B3306 St Just to St Ives coast road at Carn…

[Save Penwith Moors] Defiance or modest and fair-minded?

A response to an article in today’s ‘The Cornishman’ regarding fencing and grazing in the areas around Chun Quoit. See “Fencing proposals met with defiance from campaigners” at http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Fencing-proposals-met-defiance-campaigners/story-16303220-detail/story.html Save…

[Save Penwith Moors] Chun Downs for Common Land

Save Penwith Moors have made two more applications to have the area now known as Chun Downs – that includes Chun Castle and Quoit – re-registered as Common Land, and…

[Save Penwith Moors] Carn Galva for Common Land

Save Penwith Moors has initiated an application to re-register a large part of Carn Galva as Common Land – the first of several such applications for West Penwith moorland. This…

[Save Penwith Moors] Cornwall to Geneva

FROM CORNWALL TO GENEVA LOCAL ACTION GROUP ALLEGE NATURAL ENGLAND FAILED TO ABIDE BY EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Documents sent to the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee in Geneva Having failed to…

[Save Penwith Moors] Libel allegation against Cornwall Council

A book published by Cornwall Council in April 2011 with financial support from English Heritage: Managing the historic environment on west Cornwall’s rough ground by Graeme Kirkham, with Peter Herring,…