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Once known as Blisland-juxta-montem or Blisand near the mountain probably Bodmin Moor.
The village is set around a green which is most unusual in Cornwall.
The Norman church is dedicated to St Protus and St Hyacinth built of slate and granite.
Granite columns support a white painted wagon roof with carved ribs and bosses, and a screen dating from 1894 carved in the medieval style and painted turquoise and gold.
To the northeast are the Trippet Stones, a circle of eight erect stones, and farther distant are the Stripple Stones, on Hawks Tor, a bronze Age circle with a 13ft high central standing stone.
The village is set around a green which is most unusual in Cornwall.
The Norman church is dedicated to St Protus and St Hyacinth built of slate and granite.
Granite columns support a white painted wagon roof with carved ribs and bosses, and a screen dating from 1894 carved in the medieval style and painted turquoise and gold.
To the northeast are the Trippet Stones, a circle of eight erect stones, and farther distant are the Stripple Stones, on Hawks Tor, a bronze Age circle with a 13ft high central standing stone.
- Type:
- Landmark