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Dolly Pentreath black plaque

Commemorative plaque

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This black commemorative plaque records: Here lived Dolly Pentreath one of the last speakers of the Cornish language as her native tongue died Dec. 1777
Dolly Pentreath, living here, was one of the last known individuals to speak Cornish as a native language before its decline in the late 18th century, symbolizing the end of an ancient linguistic tradition.

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