Perranzabuloe
a Cornish coast parish, 10 miles N. by W. of Truro. The rude little stone oratory (25 by 12/2 feet) of St. Piran, who was sent to Cornwall by St. Pat Patrick in the 5th century, had been buried in the sands for 1,000 years, when it was discovered in 1835; it is probably the earliest ecclesiastical structure in England. Perran Round is a circular inclosure, with seven rows of seats that could seat 2,000 spectators, in which miracle plays were performed of old.