Description

SW 97 NW ST MINVER PORTHILLY
LOWLANDS
3/322 Retaining wall of Churchyard to
- north and west of Church of
St. Michael's
GV II
Retaining wall of churchyard and flight of steps. Circa mid C19. Wall constructed
of vertically coursed slate stones with intermediate piers of horizontally coursed
slate stone. About 47 metres in length forming a retaining wall to the churchyard of
St. Michael's Church, Porthilly (qv) and the south wall of Porthilly Cove on the east
bank of the Camel estuary.
A flight of stone rubble steps rises from the cove up to the churchyard with some
reset dressed stone.
The wall is reputed to have been planned by a vicar of St. Michael's when a small
piece of land was recovered from the estuary.
Maclean, Sir John Parochial and Family History or the Deanery of Trigg Minor
in the County of Cornwall, 1879. vol. III.

Listing NGR: SW9368475376

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26417769

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