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2op THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL yields certain traces of 13th cent, origin, but church was almost entirely remodelled in 15th cent. ; tower of 3 stages, of good ashlar granite, has double buttresses reaching up to battlements ; octagonal embattled pinnacles have crocketed finials. N. arcade of 8 arches, supported by monolith granite piers. Large passage-squint in transept angle, in splay of which are rood-stairs. At E. end of aisle is round-headed piscina niche, within which stands an old domestic mortar, imagined, we suppose, to be a holy-water stoup. There is similar piscina niche in transept. Plain octagonal font is 15th cent. Roofs of nave and chancel are new, but wagon roofs of aisle and transept remain ; latter is well carved, especially the wall-plates, with vine pattern. Porch roof is also good, of like work to transept. In it are 6-holed stocks, small and large alternatively, as though to accommodate 3 married couples by a single leg ! Royal arms of 1663, and also of 1729. (Registers, 1557.) St. Pinnock. — Chancel, nave of 4 bays, N. aisle, S. transept and porch, and W. tower of 3 stages ; severe restoration in 1882. In the main 15th cent., and of no special interest. The 4 arches of arcade supported by monolith granite piers, with capitals of Pentewan stone. Square Norm, font, with human heads at angles, stands on octagonal shaft. (Regis- ters, 1566.) Porthilly. — Church or chapel of Si. Michael, near village of Rock, stands on a creek of Camel