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An Anglican deanery, a hundred, peninsula and administrative district at the western extremity of mainland Cornwall.
Like Bodmin Moor in the north-east of Cornwall, the Penwith or Lands End peninsula
is a granite highland moor with rolling moorland created by man's farming and grazing activities in prehistoric times and dramatic granite tors, it was created during the Carboniferous period (299-359 million years ago) when the rocks which now form the British Isles were crumpled and folded as Europe collided with Scotland and the molten magma which welled up from below the crust cooled, solidified and crystalised slowly.
| Gradual erosion by the elements exposes the granite bones of the peninsula but the hard wearing igneous rock which forms a shield against the wrath of Atlantic storms weathers very slowly to top the tors of the moorland with typical if strange formations. |
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 Farming and grazing during the Neolithic and the Bronze Age cleared the native woodlands of the peninsula and a cooler and wetter climate washed the fragile soil away. Grazing has ensured that the native woodlands have not returned and ensured the rugged landscape is maintained  |
The Penwith peninsula is particularly rich in prehistoric monuments including almost ninety menhirs or standing stones which date from the Neolithic or New Stone Age onwards such as Lanyon Quoit. Stone cirlces on the peninsula date from the Bronze Age. It also possesses a number of Iron Age settlements consisting of the courtyard houses which are peculair to the peninsula, the Isles of Scilly, Wales and other highland locations in the British Isles.
see also: Stone-Age Cornwall, Bronze-Age Cornwall and Iron-Age Cornwall.
After the their conquest of England in 43AD, the Romans ruled Cornwall with a light hand, perhaps they had met little resistance here. They built only one fort in Cornwall and only one villa has been discovered; they traded with the Britons for locally produced tin and Marazion which the Romans knew as "Ictis" was a centre of the trade - it claims to be the oldest town in Britain.
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| 1913 | | ##First Publication## of The St Ives Times ##newspaper## | | BAAAGCEK BAAAGDZL | | 1924 | | ##Claude Friese-Greene## drives from Land's End to ##John o' Groats## making a series of short films 'The Open Road' using the ##first## commercially viable colour film process (using an experimental red/green tint) which he invented
Much of the footage was taken in Cornwall, including Lamorna Cove, St Michael's Mount and St Ives | | BAAAGCEK BAAAGEAO BAAAGDZL | | 2006.Jan.14 | | Launch of the ##British Divers Marine Life Rescue## (##BDMLR##) 5.8 metre marine animal rescue boat, the ##Josh##, at Penzance | | BAAAGDZK BAAAGEUP | | 2006.Jul.04 | | The ##BBC##'s ##Learning Roadshow## will be at Land's End (1000-1130h), Penzance (1330-1500h) and St Ives (1545-1715h) featuring the series of short films '##The Open Road##', made in 1924 by ##Claude Friese-Greene## using the ##colour process## he invented
There will also be a special screening of the ##BBC## ##documentary## and discussion by ##Dan Cruickshank## at Plymouth College of FE (1400 and 1800h) | | BAAAGDZK BAAAGEAO BAAAGDZL BAAAGCEK BAAAGDZE |
 
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