Those Cornish communities had it rough - Mousehole (pron. 'mauzul') was one of the villages that was also subjected to ruinous raiding by the Spanish in the lat

Those Cornish communities had it rough - Mousehole (pron. 'mauzul') was one of the villages that was also subjected to ruinous raiding by the Spanish in the late 16c; they will show you buildings still standing with the walls pockmarked by musket balls (although this cynic wonders at whether an awl and a vivid imagination may equally be at work here)