Английская Википедия:Catchall, Cornwall

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Catchall is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, UK. Catchall is Шаблон:Convert south-east of Sancreed at around Шаблон:Convert above sea level at the junction of the B3283 with the A30 main road.[1]

There are a number of prehistoric standing stones nearby that have been scheduled as ancient monuments by English Heritage; the Blind Fiddler, the Long Stones and Tresvennack Pillar are all within Шаблон:Convert of Catchall. The Blind Fiddler is a single freestanding monolith measuring Шаблон:Convert.[2] The Long Stones (also known as the "Sisters" or "Triganeeris Stones") are two upright monoliths standing approximately Шаблон:Convert apart. Both stones are over Шаблон:Convert high. Excavations revealed that between the two stones is a rectangular pit.[3] The Tresvennack Pillar is a single upright monolith with a large vertical crack and standing almost 4m high.[4]

The freehold tenement of Catchall, then being part of Hendra was sold by public auction on 23 June 1883. At the time of selling it was occupied by Mr William Jacka, on a yearly tenancy and included Шаблон:Convert for cultivation, a farmhouse, barn, stable two pig-houses, cart shed, etc.[5] The tenement was purchased by Thomas Bedford Bolitho, a local banker and industrialist, who owned nearby Kerris.[6]

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  1. Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189. 1961
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