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CORNWALL stone and mortar as many parts of England and Wales were. The Norman work to be traced at Tintagel, Trematon, Restormel, is not striking ; while Pendennis, St. Mawes, Pengersick, are comparatively modern. Laun- ceston is the finest Norman castle in the duchy, and that is also late. Rather peculiar to Cornwall are the hollows, partly natural, partly artificial, known Hi pldn-an- guare, " places of play," formerly used fbr sports and for mystery-plays, and now sometimes as places of religious assembly. In ancient churches Cornwall is second to no part of the kingdom, unless it be to Ireland. The more notable among the oldest are those of St. Piran, St. Gothian and St. Madron. Some good specimens of the Norman period remain (at St. Germans, Morwenstow, Mylor, etc.) ; and there are E.E. features at St. Anthony - in - Roseland, Lanteglos, St. Levan, Blisland, etc. At Padstow, St. Columb Major, Lostwithiel, St. Austell, St. Hilary, and other churches, are excellent samples of Dec; but the prevailing style of Cornish is Perp. The fifteenth century was remarkable for zealous building and restoration, as the past century was notable for equally zealous but often far less wise restoration. The duchy can boast of some fine churches, such as Launceston, St. Austell, Bodmin, Linkinhorne, and others that have been named; but the church architecture of the county cannot claim to be a main feature of attraction. Many of the churches, though 36