The Granite

14/07/2022

These scenes of Boscastle are exclusively available from Things in magnets. Which view is your favourite?

24/06/2022

Boscastle harbour on the Boscastle Headlands circular walk: http://iwkc.co.uk/w/112

03/06/2022

CELEBRATIONS...FROM 4PM FRIDAY
Playing In the sunshine
ROUGH JUSTICE

25/05/2022

02/03/2022

Ahoy there - we are incredibly excited to announce that we are back out on the road again visiting all you lovely folk up and down the country from Oct through to May 2023!! Tickets go on sale Friday 4th March at 10am via https://buff.ly/35IQaOp. Looking forward to seeing you all there!

09/08/2021

Great photo of Boscastle, with some history too!

Forrabury Common, also known as Forrabury Strips, is an area of 20 hectares containing the best-preserved example of a medieval strip field system in Cornwall, and one of only five actively farmed open strip plots in Britain.

There are now 40 strips, though in 1840 there were 50, and the original number may have exceeded 60. The earliest record of this system is in the Lanhydrock Atlas of 1694, though more recent documentation (eg the Tithe Award) is excellent.

The strips are all approximately 1 acre in area, although may be larger or smaller though amalgamation or subdivision. All show a slight curve. Strips are grouped into seven bundles defined by trackways. Medieval and C17 pottery has been found scattered in the fields.

Read more on Heritage Gateway: https://bit.ly/hgforraburystrips
You can also take a look on our interactive online mapping: https://bit.ly/hermapping

06/08/2021

The most extraordinary find of National Marine Week? 😱🐟

This compass jellyfish was found washed up on Harlyn Bay Beach near Padstow with a fish inside its bell by Seasearch Cornwall group member Ian Watkin! Often jellyfish are used as nurseries by juvenile fish as they hide amongst their tentacles for protection from predators. Unfortunately, this one seems to have been stung and became lunch for the compass. Just look at how it occupies almost the entire width of the jellyfish’s bell!

Do remember to report all dead marine animals to our Marine Strandings Network on 📞 0345 201 2626. Visit www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/marinestrandingsnetwork to find out more about the network.

📷 Ian Watkin

28/07/2021

'Britannia' was seen off Bude today, along with a more modest vessel!