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Craig Weatherhill (1950 or 1951 – 18 or 19 July 2020) was a
Cornish antiquarian
An antiquarian or antiquary () is an fan (person), aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past. More specifically, the term is used for those who study history with particular attention to ancient artifact (archaeology), artifac ...
, novelist and writer on the history, archaeology, place names and mythology of
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
.
Weatherhill attended school in
Falmouth, where his parents ran a sports shop. He played football for a number of local clubs, including Mawnan,
and played as goalkeeper for the county football team.
Between 1972 and 1974, Weatherhill served with the
RAF
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...
, training as a
cartographer
Cartography (; from grc, χάρτης , "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and , "write") is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an im ...
. He was discharged after a serious back injury. He worked as a planning officer, architectural designer and historic conservation expert in local government and private practice.
Under the tutelage of historian P.A.S. Pool he conducted archaeological surveys of West Cornwall. Weatherhill was also a Conservation Officer at Penwith District Council. He contributed to the
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's Radyo Kernow, in particular to the series ''The Tinners' Way'' and ''Beachcombers''.
In 1981 Weatherhill was made a Bard of
Gorsedh Kernow
Gorsedh Kernow (Cornish Gorsedd) is a non-political Cornish organisation, based in Cornwall, United Kingdom, which exists to maintain the national Celtic spirit of Cornwall. It is based on the Welsh-based Gorsedd, which was founded by Iolo Mo ...
for services to Cornish archaeology, taking the
bardic name
A bardic name (, ) is a pseudonym used in Wales, Cornwall, or Brittany by poets and other artists, especially those involved in the eisteddfod movement.
The Welsh term bardd ("poet") originally referred to the Welsh poets of the Middle Ages, who m ...
(Draughtsman of Archaeology).
He was a member of
Cornish language
Cornish (Standard Written Form: or ) , is a Southwestern Brittonic language, Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family. It is a List of revived languages, revived language, having become Extinct language, extinct as a livin ...
organisations
Cussel an Tavas Kernuak
Cussül an Tavas Kernôwek (formerly ''Cussel an Tavas Kernûak''; the Cornish Language Council) is an association founded in 1987 to teach, research and further the Cornish language in Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow), UK. Since the adoption of a Stand ...
and
Agan Tavas
Agan Tavas (''Our Language'') is a society which exists to promote the Cornish language and is represented on the Cornish Language Partnership. It was formed in 1987 to promote the use of Cornish as a spoken language in the Cornish revival ( kw, ...
, as well as of campaign group Kernow Matters To You. In 2020, Gorsedh Kernow conferred its
Awen
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In Welsh mythology, awen is the inspiration of the poets, or bards; or, in its personification, Awen is the inspirational muse of creative artists ...
award on Weatherhill for outstanding contribution to
Penwith
Penwith (; kw, Pennwydh) is an area of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, located on the peninsula of the same name. It is also the name of a former local government district, whose council was based in Penzance. The area is named after ...
and broader Cornish culture.
Works
* ''The Principal Antiquities of the Land's End District'' (with
Charles Thomas and P.A.S. Pool), Cornwall Archaeological Society 1980
* ''Belerion: Ancient Sites of Land's End'', Alison Hodge 1981, 1985; Halsgrove 1989, 2000
* ''Cornovia: Ancient Sites of Cornwall & Scilly'', Alison Hodge 1985; Halsgrove 1997, 2000, 2009
* ''The Lyonesse Stone'':
#
The Lyonesse Stone', Tabb House 1991
# ''Seat of Storms'', Tabb House 1997
# ''The Tinners' Way'', Tabb House 2011
* ''Myths and Legends of Cornwall'' (with Paul Devereux), Sigma Press 1994, 1997
*
Cornish Place Names & Language', Sigma Press 1995, 2007
* ''Place Names in Cornwall & Scilly'', Wessex/Westcountry Books 2005
* ''A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names'' (with
Michael Everson
Michael Everson (born January 9, 1963) is an American and Irish linguist, script encoder, typesetter, type designer and publisher. He runs a publishing company called Evertype, through which he has published over a hundred books since 2006.
His ...
), Evertype 2009
* ''Nautilus. A sequel to Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas and The Mysterious Island'', Evertype 2009
* ''The Place-names of the Land's End Peninsula'', Penwith Press 2017
* ''Jowal Lethesow: Whedhel a'n West a Gernow'', translation of ''The Lyonesse Stone'' into Cornish by
N.J.A. Williams, Evertype 2009
* ''The Promontory People: An Early History of the Cornish'', Francis Boutle Publishers 2014
*''They Shall Land – The Spanish Raid on Mount's Bay, Cornwall, July 1595'', Penwith Press 2019
Notes
References
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2020 deaths
Architects from Cornwall
Non-fiction writers from Cornwall
Novelists from Cornwall
Bards of Gorsedh Kernow
Cornish-speaking people
Year of birth uncertain