Kerris

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Kerris
Cornish: Kerys
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Road junction in Kerris
Kerris is located in Cornwall
Kerris
Kerris
 Kerris shown within Cornwall
OS grid reference SW443273
Civil parish Paul
Unitary authority Cornwall
Ceremonial county Cornwall
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PENZANCE
Postcode district TR19
Dialling code 01736
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Cornwall
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament St Ives
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall

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Kerris (Cornish: Kerys)[1] is a settlement in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. It is three miles (5 km) southwest of Penzance in the civil parish of Paul.[2] Kerris means "fort-place" in the Cornish language.[3] Kerris has been a settlement for about two thousand years.[citation needed] Its oldest building, a former manor house, dates back to medieval times and there are two working farms in the settlement.

Antiquities

Several prehistoric relics can be found around Kerris including the Roundago (possibly an Iron Age hill fort) and the Kerris Standing Stone or menhir[4] Several fields away is the Tresvannack Stone which stands around 3.5m tall with a further 1.2m below ground. In 1840 a pair of urns were found under a slab of granite at the base of the stone. The urns are now kept at Penlee Museum, Penzance. Kerris cross was damaged during the English Civil War and repaired by a local blacksmith in the 19th century with iron pins holding the granite head in position. In September 2011 the corroded pins were replaced by stainless steel pins. Medieval crosses, in situ, indicate the route to the parish church.[5]

References

  1. Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel. Cornish Language Partnership.
  2. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
  3. Weatherhill, Craig (2009) A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names. Westport, Mayo: Evertype ISBN 978-1-904808-22-0; p. 43
  4. [1]. The Megalithic Portal website. Retrieved April 2010
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