Rillaton
Rillaton (Cornish: Reslegh)[1] is a hamlet in the parish of Linkinhorne in Cornwall, England. Nearby is the Bronze Age round barrow where the Rillaton Gold Cup was found in 1837.
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Rillaton Barrow
Rillaton was the head manor of the hundred of East Wivelshire[2] and one of the Antiqua maneria, the original 17 manors belonging to the Earldom of Cornwall. Stara Bridge, a surviving clapper bridge, provides evidence of the economic importance of Rillaton in the late middle ages.[3]
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- Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel. Cornish Language Partnership.
- Thorn, Caroline, et al. (eds.) (1979) Cornwall. Chichester: Phillimore
- Historic England. "Medieval bridge at Starabridge (1020637)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
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