Craig Weatherhill is a longstanding author both of fiction and non-fiction works about Cornwall. Raised in St Just in Penwith and then in Falmouth, after serving in the forces he developed a career in conservation and architecture. In his younger days, Weatherhill was an outstanding goalkeeper, playing for clubs such as Falmouth Town and even Plymouth Argyle. He conducted extensive archaeological surveys of West Cornwall in particular under the tutelage of P.A.S.

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  • Craig Weatherhill is a longstanding author both of fiction and non-fiction works about Cornwall. Raised in St Just in Penwith and then in Falmouth, after serving in the forces he developed a career in conservation and architecture. In his younger days, Weatherhill was an outstanding goalkeeper, playing for clubs such as Falmouth Town and even Plymouth Argyle. He conducted extensive archaeological surveys of West Cornwall in particular under the tutelage of P.A.S. Pool, one of the outstanding modern Cornish historians. His reconstruction of West Cornwall courtyard houses in particular (drawings and artwork) is now the accepted form for these buildings. Weatherhill published the two standard works on Cornish prehistoric and early medieval archaeology: Belerion and Cornovia. His works of fiction include The Lyonesse Stone and Seat of Storms, with the third in the trilogy, "The Tinners' Way", to be published shortly. Also forthcoming is his huge novel "Nautilus", a modern sequel to the Jules Verne classics. A notable campaigner, Weatherhill is passionate about Cornwall, its language, culture and people, and has spoken out publicly about the environment, erosion of Cornish culture, constitutional and linguistic rights for the Cornish speaking population. Over the years, he has given hundreds of lectures to a wide varety of organisations, including the Tate gallery. He has frequently appeared on BBC Radio Cornwall, while a combination of his historical expertise and equestrian skills put him on television, notably ITV's "Time Travels - The Battle of Vellan-druchar" and "Westcountry Tales - The Lost Land of Lyonesse". Weatherhill is Cornwall’s foremost expert on place-names and is one of the leading historical and language contributors to Cornish World Magazine. In August 2009, he delivered a lecture on the place-names of Cornwall to the International Celtic Congress held in Sligo, Eire.
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  • Craig Weatherhill is a longstanding author both of fiction and non-fiction works about Cornwall. Raised in St Just in Penwith and then in Falmouth, after serving in the forces he developed a career in conservation and architecture. In his younger days, Weatherhill was an outstanding goalkeeper, playing for clubs such as Falmouth Town and even Plymouth Argyle. He conducted extensive archaeological surveys of West Cornwall in particular under the tutelage of P.A.S.
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