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22 THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL are usuallyfdescribed as clusters of 4 shafts, but it is more correct to say that they have 4 semi -circular shafts, with a hollow mould- ing between them. Where exceptions are found they are usually of an earlier date, but at St. Ives wave- mouldings take the place of the hollows between the shafts. The piers at Lan- dulph and Laneast are circular,and atLanteglos-by- Fowey andZennor octagonal. A very considerable num- ber of the Perp. granite WIN- DOWS have been renewed by restorers; the majority of the old tracery remaining is plain in character and un- cusped, as at St. Minver and in many of the W. churches. Now and again there is better and more handsome win- dow work and other details of 15 th and early 16th cent, date, as at Bodmin (much renewed), St. Creed, Typical 15th Cent. Egloshayle, Padstow, and Granite Pier to J