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When you cross the brook which divides St. Leven from Sennen, you
are on the estate of Treville. Tradition tells us that this estate
was given to an old family who came with the Conqueror to this
country. This ancestor is said to have been the Duke of Normandy’s
wine-taster, and that he belonged to the ancient Counts of Treville,
hence the name of the estate. Certain it is the property has ever
been held without poll deeds. For many generations the family has
been declining, and the race is now nearly, if not quite, extinct.
Through all time a peculiar token has marked the coming death of a
Vingoe. Above the deep caverns in the Treville cliff rises a cairn.
On this, chains of fire were seen ascending and descending, and often
accompanied by loud and frightful noises.
It is said that these tokens have not been seen since the last male
of the family came to a violent end.