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©Fred James
Dist:0.2km<br/>In my youth Malpas was always pronounced Mopus by us locals and was very often written as such. The admiralty charts used to show the a stretch of water down river as Mopus Reach
©Fred James
Dist:0.3km<br/>The banks of the rias of the Truro, the Fal and the Helford Rivers are lined with woodland consisting mainly of Sessile Oaks (quercus petraea). In these reaches of the Truro River they are the nesting grounds of many herons and little egrets.
©Rod Allday
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©Fred James
Dist:0.5km<br/>A coaster steaming upstream towards Truro on a spring tide.
©Fred James
Dist:0.5km<br/>Rebuilt in the 19th century on the site of a 13th century church.
©Fred James
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking across a ripening field of wheat towards the Tresillian River at St. Clement
©Fred James
Dist:0.5km<br/>St Michael Penkevil church is associated with the estate of the Boscawen Family at Tregothnan, and contains various monuments to the family.
©Philip White
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©Fred James
Dist:0.6km<br/>Built for the Tregothnan estate workers.
©Fred James
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©Fred James
Dist:0.7km<br/>When Old Kea was an active church, the vicar would often take a service at Kea church then row across the Truro River and take another service at St. Michael Penkevil church. Needless to say the notice said Private Keep off
©Fred James
Dist:0.8km<br/>This is a two branch ferry crossing the Tresillian and Truro Rivers linking the parishes of St. Clement, St Michael Penkivil and Kea. The crossing has been identified as La Mal Pas mentioned in the Tritan and Iseult romance.
©Fred James
Dist:0.8km<br/>Deciduous woodland near St Michael Penkevil, possibly part of the Tregothnan estate. On the day this was taken there were many Land Rovers parked at the road side, usually a sign that someone is out shooting pheasants.
©Philip White
Dist:0.8km<br/>The mouth of the Tresillian River at Malpas. The small ferry crosses from the jetty at high tide.
©Robin Lucas

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