Truthwall
Has been described as a Possible Fortified Manor House
There are no visible remains
Name | Truthwall |
Alternative Names | Truthall; Tregewell; Tregewel; Triuall; Trithwell; Treyuthall |
Historic Country | Devonshire |
Modern Authority | Cornwall |
1974 Authority | Cornwall |
Civil Parish | Ludgvan |
Site of the manor of Truthall, recorded in the Domesday Book. The manor house was granted a licence to crenellate to Ralph de Bloyou in 1335 and a chapel was licensed in 1387. Its site is said to be covered by the debris of West Wheal Fortune mine. (PastScape)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid Reference | SW528324 |
Latitude | 50.1413116455078 |
Longitude | -5.46000003814697 |
Eastings | 152800 |
Northings | 32400 |
No photos available. If you can provide pictures please contact
Castlefacts
Most of the sites or buildings recorded in this web site are NOT open to the public and permission to visit a site must always be sought from the landowner or tenant.
Calculate
Print
Books
- Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 3 Southern England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 695
- Higham, Robert A., 1999, 'Castles, Fortified Houses and Fortified Towns in the Middle Ages' in Kain, R. and Ravenhill, W., Historical Atlas of South-West England (University of Exeter Press) p. 136-43
- Salter, Mike, 1999, The Castles of Devon and Cornwall (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 47 (slight)
- Russell, Vivien, 1971, West Penwith survey p. 75
- Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol. 3 Part 2 p. 410 online copy
Journals
- Preston-Jones, Ann and Rose, Peter, 1986, 'Medieval Cornwall' Cornish Archaeology Hendhyscans Kernow Vol. 25 p. 135-185 online copy
- Henderson, C., 1957-60, 'Ecclesiastical History' Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall Vol. 3 p. 310-1
Primary Sources
- Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1895, Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward III (1334-38) Vol. 3 p. 77 online copy
Other
- Gover, J.E.B., 1948, Place-Names of Cornwall (Typescript; Royal Institution of Cornwall) p. 645