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Beacon Terrace, ST. AUSTELL, PL26 8DA

Pyramid spear finial - 3 arms, 2 missing; Cornwall CC iron spear by the B3279, in parish of St Dennis (Restormel District), T-junction north of St Dennis, behind a granite wall. The third and final arm was lost by 2014. surveyed Milestone Society National ID: CW_SW9458A

Pyramid spear finial - 1 arm; Cornwall CC iron spear by the UC road, in parish of St Dennis (Restormel District), Carne Hill, turn for St Dennis churchtown, behind granite wall. Cornwall & Scilly HER. HER Number: MCO56967 https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MCO56967&resourceID=1020 Surveyed Milestone Society National ID: CW_SW9458B

The porch and tower are thought to date from the 14th century. Extensive renovations were carried out in 1847 and in the mid 1980's after a fire. The church tower has a set of 8 bells. The photographer can attest to the high quality of both bells and bellringers.

The church is situated on a prominent hill on the northern side of the village. This photograph was taken from the hillside to the west of the church. Only the church tower is visible through the trees which closely surround the churchyard on all sides. The church and churchyard is built inside an Iron Age fortress, the ramparts of which form the edge of the churchyard on this side of the hill. The church is dedicated to St Denys the Martyr which may have given the village of St Dennis its name. An alternative explanation is that the village derives its name from the older fortress on which the church stands. The Cornish word for fortress is 'Dynas'. I would like to think that whoever first dedicated the church chose their patron saint to closely match this Cornish word.

Looking down to a small row of cottages and beyond to the grey tower of a major electricity sub-station at the western end of Goss Moor.

This font is situated outside Image] between the South Porch and the Tower. It dates from the C12th but was restored in the C19th. It is individually Grade II listed: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1138304?section=official-list-entry

The little church of St Dennis after which the village is named sits atop a hill to the north of the village with commanding views of the surrounding countryside with its extensive China Clay workings much in evidence. The church dates originally from the late C14th or early C15th with a later C15th tower. The church was substantially rebuilt in 1847. It was badly damaged by fire in 1985, but has once again risen from the ashes. It is set in a charmingly bucolic churchyard with two particularly interesting items, a font and a stone cross. On some of the signs the church is referred to as St Denys rather than Dennis. It is possible that rather than being a saint of this name, it references "dinas" which is the Cornish for fort; there may well have been a hill-fort on this site. EH Grade II* listed: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1327433?section=official-list-entry See also Image and Image

Looking along the path to the south porch of Image], on the right of the path, seen edge-on is Image]