Park

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Parkwalls

In the civil parish of Advent.
In the historic county of Cornwall (Modern Authority of Cornwall, 1974 county of Cornwall).

Possible castle mentioned by Leland. Park is at SX031709. "One of the Botreaux manors was held jointly by Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon, and the late Lord Hungerford. This is six miles south of Boscastle at Park, where there is a manor house or small castle." "Six miles south of Boscastle Lord Huntingdon has a house called Parkwalls, where Lord Botreaux had a fine manor house or castle." This is identifed by King as Park near Egloshayle but this is considerable more than six miles from Boscastle. Parkwalls is a placename in Advent CP which is six miles south of Boscastle and I see no reason to doubt this location although nothing remains that is identifiable with Leland's castle.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House
Masonry Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SX1283

Books

Salter, Mike, 1999, The Castles of Devon and Cornwall (Malvern) p47 [slight]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p77

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p63, 88
Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol1 p302

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Park

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SX1283

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