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TREREIFE— TREWOOFE stone. On this are inscribed the words Domert logaznt (ivo aninm ; and the reference is supposed to be to Dungarth, a ninth century King of Cornwall. The " other half" stone is the shaft of a cross, which is conjectured to have stood upon this base. Treverhyn Venn, in the parish of St. Neot, is interesting on account of its strange tenure — the service of providing a grey cloak for the Duke of Cornwall, whenever he should visit the duchy. The modern mansion has a cedar- panelled room, and other rooms roofed with teak from the old ship Orinoco. There is a good tapestry and a fine chimney-piece in the drawing- room ; and the grounds have a beautiful collec- tion of rhododendrons. Trevose Head (4 m. W. of Padstow) commands a glorious view, from Lundy in the N. to St. Ives Bay in the S. The lighthouse was erected in 1847, and exhibits two fixed lights, one above the other, visible at 20 miles. Trewoofe (about 3i m. S.W. of Penzance), pronounced Troove, was the seat of the Le Veales, whose name was subsequently altered to Levelis. One of this family concealed a number of Cavaliers in the neighbouring fogou, and thus saved them from their pursuers. This caverned passage is connected with an entrench- ment, and must therefore be given a far earlier date than the time of the smugglers. It may have been one of the last resorts of the Ivernian, chased westward by the Celt. A modern building now stands on the site of the old 247