Nanstallon
| Nanstallon | |
| Cornwall | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SX038671 |
| Location: | 50°28’14"N, 4°45’57"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Bodmin |
| Postcode: | PL30 |
| Dialling code: | 01208 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cornwall |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Cornwall |
Nanstallon is a village in the midst of Cornwall, approximately two miles west of Bodmin, in the parish of Lanivet[1] overlooking the River Camel valley and the Camel Trail long distance path.
The present terminus of the Bodmin and Wenford Railway at Boscarne is half a mile from the village. The site of the former Nanstallon Halt station is an access point to the Camel Trail.
The village church is St Stephen’s, which is a Church of England chapel of ease, within the wider parish of Lanivet.
Nanstallon Roman fort
A 1st century Roman fort was excavated at Nanstallon in 1965[2] by Aileen Fox and Professor W. L. D. 'Bill' Ravenhill.[3] Until recently it was only the second known Roman fort in Cornwall, but a geophysical survey near Restormel Castle suggests the presence of another Roman fort thereabouts, five and a half miles away.[4]
Constructed in around AD 55–60, Nanstallon Fort stood near the Fowey-Camel trade and communication route.
Nanstallon was probably a forward operating base and was strategically well-placed for a Roman presence to be felt. However, the Roman Legion at Exeter was withdrawn c. AD 75 and with no Roman town west of Isca Dumnoniorum, Cornwall settled down to four centuries of nominal Roman rule.[5][6]
Sport
- Football: Nanstallon United Youth Football Club, formed in 1988 in aid of the local children in the village.
In 2005 the club's changing facilities burnt down and the story was featured on BBC Radio Cornwall. Steve McFadden, an actor in Eastenders, organised a charity match between Eastenders cast members and the BBC Radio Cornwall presenters (and beat them 1–0) at Bodmin Town's football ground. The celebrity match raised £7000 for Nanstallon United.[7]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Information on Nanstallon from GENUKI
- ↑ Cornish Archaeology (No 6 1967)
- ↑ The autobiography of Aileen Fox; p. 136 (2000) – The Roman fort at Nanstallon, Cornwall. Aileen Fox & William Ravenhill. Britannia.
- ↑ second Roman Fort confirmed in Cornwall Cornish Archaeology news
- ↑ Payton, Philip (1996) Cornwall
- ↑ [1] Roman military signalling between forts in East Cornwall
- ↑ BBC News article about Nanstallon United