SENNEN— SHEVIOCK head-chiefs marched rapidly westward, defeating the Danes at the battle of Vellan-druachar. The slaughter is said to have been so great that a mill was worked with blood. Arthur and his allies returned thanks in Sennen Church, and dined on this Table-Men. Another version says that it was seven Saxon kings that dined here. There may be a glimmer of truth about the battle — the dinner is clearly mythical. There are traces of Danish settlement, and Hunt tells us that within the nineteenth century it was customary to say of a red-haired person, " Oh, he is only a red-haired Daane ". The great Merlin is said to have foretold another landing of Norsemen at this same spot, imme- diately preceding the end of the world. Those who are content with the perfect peacefulness and glorious scenery of this district, with accom- modation that is comfortable though humble, are fast discovering the charms of Sennen Cove. Sharpitor {h m. N. of the Cheeswring) is a hill of I 200 ft. with hut-circles and many traces of ancient population. Sheviock (2 m. S.E. of St. Germans) has a rather puzzling name, which Borlase thinks may possibly be a corruption of St. Feock. The church is a very fine specimen of Dec, with the addition of Perp. N. aisle. Carew tells us that a certain Dawnaj- or D'Aunay built the church while his wife was building a barn, and that in summing the expenses it was found that the barn had cost three-halfpence the more. The D'Aunay Chapel has been converted into a 231
