   Below is copied from my .  Dear Mr. Jowan,  A gentleman by the name of Wood from Exeter university is to visit me at Helston museum next Tuesday to discuss the formation of the Loe Bar off Helston; and during the next two weeks I am planning to visit the records office in Old County Hall Truro to search for any records of the findings of shipping slipways whilst excavating under St. Johns Road, Helston, that was recorded in the local newspapers at the time, in the early 1980s.  It was from their explorations that the common notion of Helston being a port was established.  However, there is definitely more truth in the fact that Loe Bar could not have blocked the Ria until well after 1014: it was much smaller in mediaeval times.  Toy's History of Helston pp. 381 to 385.     :I look forward to seeing some reliable references for any harbour. ~~~~