Rillaton (Cornish: Reslegh)1 is a hamlet in the parish of Linkinhorne in Cornwall, England. Nearby is the Bronze Age round barrow where the Rillaton Gold Cup was found in 1837.
Rillaton was the head manor of the hundred of East Wivelshire2 and one of the Antiqua maneria, the original 17 manors belonging to the Earldom of Cornwall. Stara Bridge, a surviving clapper bridge, provides evidence of the economic importance of Rillaton in the Late Middle Ages.3
References
References
- Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
- Thorn, Caroline, et al. (eds.) (1979) Cornwall. Chichester: Phillimore
- Historic England. "Medieval bridge at Starabridge (1020637)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
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