Pillaton
Pillaton
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 St Odulph's Church | |
| Population | 435 (2001) |
| OS grid reference | SX3664 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SALTASH |
| Dialling code | 01579 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
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Pillaton (Cornish: Trebeulyow) is a village and civil parish in south east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
The parish extends to approximately 4.6 square miles, (1,177 hectares).[1] It is bounded by the parishes of St Mellion and St Dominic to the north, the River Lynher to the west, Botus Fleming to the south and Landulph to the east. The population is 435 of which 366 are on the electoral register.[2] About 70 per cent of the people live in the village itself.[citation needed] Land use in the parish is dominated by farming, although less than 10 per cent of resident workers are employed in this industry. The majority of residents work outside the parish, and Pillaton is effectively a dormitory village for people employed in Plymouth and South East Cornwall.
Notable buildings
The parish church, St Odulph's, stands at the upper end of the village alongside The Weary Friar, a public house with accommodation, and across the road from the village hall. The church has a west tower and a south aisle. The wagon roofs are old and there is a fine monument of 1772 to James Tillie.[3]. The Pentillie estate lies in the east of the parish, on the banks of the River Tamar.
Viverdon Quarry
Viverdon Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on Viverdon Down and is a Geological Conservation Review site. The citations states:
This locality is a rare inland exposure which is fossiliferous and has
yielded a Dinantian (anchoralis Zone) conodont fauna. Recent work has also recorded ostracods and bivalves referable to a Famennian age. This site is of great importance in interpreting the local stratigraphy as it reveals previously unknown structural features including the Upper
Devonian thrust over the Carboniferous.[4]
The field surrounding the SSSI is the subject of a planning application for a Solar farm.[5]
References
- ^ Caradon District Council. "Caradon Parish Directory". Retrieved 15 April 2008.
- ^ "Parish Headcounts: Caradon". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ^ Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall, 2nd ed. Penguin Books, p. 142
- ^ "Viverdon Quarry" (PDF). Natural England. 1985. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ^ "Viverdon Down application summary". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
External links
Media related to Pillaton at Wikimedia Commons
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