Walks, Mines and Houses & Gardens of Cornwall
Just off the town of Camelford is Cornwall's two highest points: Brown Willy and Rough Tor. We started our walk from the Rough Tor carpark...
This will be as complete a list of engine houses and major opening and closing dates of all the mines featured on this website as...
A wee while ago Scottie and I headed down to Gweek to spend the day with the seals at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary. This absolute...
On the north coast of Cornwall way down west is Geevor Mine, the countries best preserved mining complex. Out of the thousands of mines that […]
Just off the A30 is the prominent engine house of West Chiverton Mine, which unlike the majority of mines in Cornwall, this one was a […]
All along the cliffs from Perranporth to Cligga Head are prosperous mine workings that have worked under several names and often together. These include: Great […]
Initially known as Red Hill Cemetery until the name Kambalda was gazetted in 1897, this small pioneer graveyard with five individual graves. However, a mystery […]
Just up the road from Levant is the well preserved engine house of Higher Levant. Formally part of Spearn Consols, this section was incorporated into […]
On the cliffs between St Agnes and Perranporth are the ancient remains of Wheal Prudence. Records date back to 1812, but many of the adits […]
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