The Gatehouse website record for Park

In the civil parish of Advent. In the historic county of Cornwall (Modern Authority of Cornwall, 1974 county of Cornwall).

Possible castle mentioned by Leland. "One of the Botreaux manors was held jointly by Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon, and the late Lord Hungerford. This is six miles south of Boscastle at Park, where there is a manor house or small castle." "Six miles south of Boscastle Lord Huntingdon has a house called Parkwalls, where Lord Botreaux had a fine manor house or castle." (Chandler). This is identified by King as Park near Egloshayle (SX031709) but this is considerable more than six miles from Boscastle.
Parkwalls is a placename in Advent CP which is six miles south of Boscastle and I see no reason to doubt this location as that mentioned by Leland. However, nothing other than the placename remains that is identifiable with Leland's castle. There is some probable medieval ridge and furrow, suggesting some settlement here but the location, on the edge of Bodmin Moor, and the name suggest a hunting lodge. It is a mystery to me as to what happened to this house. The situation is fairly isolated and there does not seem to be anything near enough to worth demolishing a house and quarrying the stone for.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SX119831

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