57 Strabo, iv. 197: τοὺς δ᾽ οἴκους ἐκ σανίδων καὶ γέῥῤων ἔχουσι
μεγάλους θολοειδεῖς, ὄροφον πολὺν ἐπιβάλλοντες.
58 Cf. Photius, _Bibliotheca_, ed. Bekker, p. 148, 1. 32: περὶ τῆς παρὰ
τὸν ὠκεανὸν Γιγωνίας πέτρας, καὶ ὅτι μόνῳ ἀσφοδειλῷ κινεῖται, πρὸς
πᾶσαν βίαν ἀμετακίνητος οὖσὰ.
59 The following extract from a Cornish newspaper, July 15, 1869, shows
the necessity of imperial legislation on this subject to prevent
irreparable mischief:—
“The ruthless destruction of the Tolmen, in the parish of
Constantine, which has been so much deplored, has had the effect, we
are glad to say, of drawing attention to the necessity of taking
measures for the preservation of the remaining antiquities and
objects of curiosity and interest in the county. In a recent number
of the _West Briton_ we called attention to the threatened overthrow
of another of our far-famed objects of great interest,—the
Cheesewring, near Liskeard; and we are now glad to hear that the
committee of the Royal Institution of Cornwall have requested three
gentlemen who take great interest in the preservation of
antiquities—Mr. William Jory Henwood, F. G. S., etc., Mr. N. Hare,
Jr., of Liskeard, and Mr. Whitley, one of the secretaries of the
Royal Institution—to visit Liskeard for the purpose of conferring
with the agents of the lessors of the Cheesewring granite
quarries—the Duchy of Cornwall—and with the lessees of the works,
Messrs. Freeman, of Penryn, who are themselves greatly anxious that
measures should be taken for the preservation of that most
remarkable pile of rocks known as the Cheesewring. We have no doubt
that the measures to be adopted will prove successful; and with
regard to any other antiquities or natural curiosities in the
county, we shall be glad to hear from correspondents, at any time,
if they are placed in peril of destruction, in order that a public
announcement of the fact may become the means of preserving them.”