The Memorial to Dolly Pentreath. 

Sited in the wall of the church yard at Paul Church   
  
"Here Lieth Interred Dorothy Pentreath who Died in 1777 
Said to have been the last person who conversed in the ancient Cornish. 
The regular language of this county from the earliest records till it expired in the eighteenth century in this Parish of Saint Paul. 
This stone is erected by the Prince Louise Bonaparte in Union with the Revd John Garret Vicar of St Paul. June 1860 

Honour thy Father and thy Mother that thy days may be long upon the land which the lord thy god giveth thee Exod XX12 

Gwra perthi de taz na mam de dythiow bethenz hyr war an tyr neb arleth de dew ryes dees   
Exod XX12"
 
Dolly Pentreath was  a resident of Mousehole who became famous as the person who spoke  Cornish as her main language. She was brought up as a Cornish speaker and learnt only to speak English as an adult. Her famed was secured by a visitor to Cornwall called Daines Barrington who discovered Dolly and some other Cornish speakers in Mousehole at a time when it was believed the language had died. Her name now lives on in popular history as the last native Cornish speaker. To all speakers after her the language was learnt after English as a second language.
Dispute exists over many of the facts about Dolly Pentreath. Her true name and age is questioned as well as to the exact whereabouts of her body. The monument was allegedly placed over the wrong grave in 1860 and was moved to its current location in 1882. 
Some scholars have named other Cornish speakers who outlived Dolly and therefore question the claim that she was the last true speaker of the language. However, popular history recognises the death of Dolly Pentrearth as representing the death of the language.
The plaque on a wall in Mousehole, near the Kegwith arms,marking the site of Dolly Pentreaths House 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 "Coth Doll Pentreath cans ha deu
Marow ha Kledya ed Paul pleu"
Rhyme produces by another Cornish speaker a year after Dolly's Death. Ref Jan Pentreath: Cornish World Magazine 2000
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