Tuesday, 31 July 2012

On Bodmin Moor

 A small herd of horses on Bodmin Moor

 Caradon Hill with it's analog TV transmission masts.  This hill was extensively mined for tin and granite and other minerals in the 19th century.  It is close to the small village of Minions
 The Phoenix United Mine
 Remains of a Granite Tramway
 The quarry at the Cheesering (Pictured below)
 Trevethy Quoit near the village of St Cleer
King Doniert's Stone near St Cleer.  A memorial to a Dark Ages local king or chieftain.  An Old Celtic Cross is situated behind the stone
 Rough Tor on the north of Bodmin Moor near Camelford
 A Granite Memorial to Charlotte Dymond who was murdered in the 19th Century
 Looking towards the lake created by the mining of China Clay at the Stannon Works.
 Iron Age hut circles and enclosures on Rough Tor

 
 
 
 
 

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