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    Archaeological News: Pentillie Castle: Body found in knight's grave hunt

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    Human remains, found at a stately home in Cornwall, are thought to be those of the man who built it.

    Sir James Tillie, who built Pentillie Castle in 1698, instructed his staff to place him in a chair with his pipe when he died.

    The instructions were followed before he was removed, but no…