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Looking out over the sea from the coast at Botallack, Cornwall
Looking out over the sea from the coast at Botallack, Cornwall
The Crowns enginehouses at Botallack, Cornwall
Looking out over the sea from the coast at Botallack, Cornwall
Looking out over the sea from the coast at Botallack, Cornwall
Afternoon sky over the mine engine houses at Botallack, on the "Tin Coast" of Cornwall
Dinosaurs in the far west of Cornwall - in a garden beside the Coast Path near Botallack, Cornwall
Arsenic works at Crown Mines.
Down to the end of the footpath at the Crown Mines engine houses. Worth recalling that the miners had up to a 5 mile walk to work, out and back from St. Just, Madron or Zennor then scramble down here, before travelling a mile or more in the undersea galleries.
Sunset over the sea off Botallack, on the "Tin Coast" of Cornwall. "The Crowns" mines enginhouses are silhouetted in the foreground.
Botallack, tin mines near St. Just in Cornwall. See previous photo for more.
The remains of tin mines at Botallack near St. Just Cornwall, on the SW. Coastal Path -not far from Cape Cornwall of a previous photo. Much of the mine is under the sea.
"Possibly the most photographed point of the mine, the three crown rocks just offshore, stand over lodes (veins of metal ore) which stretch far out to sea. They were most likely first worked in the 16th century.
In the very early 1800s a pumping engine was set up at the base of the cliffs to pump out workings developing under the sea from the lower levels of the old Wheal Button ('wheal' is a Cornish term for 'mine' or 'work) to the north. It was successful and was replaced by the current lower engine house. " (National Trust)
A classic Cornwall scene at Botallack mines near Lands End.
Landscape, Seascape, and Cloudscape - at Botallack on the "Tin Coast" of Cornwall
Landscape, Seascape, and Cloudscape - at Botallack on the "Tin Coast" of Cornwall
Landscape, Seascape, and Cloudscape - at Botallack on the "Tin Coast" of Cornwall