Not far from King Doniert’s stone monument is another perpendicular
moor-stone, on which is still apparent the figure of a cross; and on
another, not far distant, is a cross shaped like a T.
Without doubt I think this our King Doniert lived and died in his town
and castle of Leskeard, where it was not lawful to bury the bodies of
dead men till the year 700. It is moreover to be noted, with regard to
the inscription on his monument of stone, that about this time it was
customary to pray for departed souls.
Not very distant from the said monument, in the open downs, are to be
seen a great number of moor-stones, some artificially squared, and
placed in a perpendicular manner about three feet high. These are
commonly called the Hurlers: a Druidical monument having been changed,
by the fraud and artifice of the priests, into a supposed monument of
God’s vengeance against persons for not attending on their masses.
St. Cleer measures 9118 statute acres.
Annual value of the Real Property, as £. _s._ _d._
returned to Parliament in 1815 5448 0 0
Poor Rate in 1831 833 3 0
Population, { in 1801, | in 1811, | in 1821, | in 1831,
{ 774 | 780 | 985 | 982.
being an increase of about 27 per cent. in 30 years.