Phoenix United Mine Ruins on Bodmin Moor Acrylic Print

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The distant enigmatic ruins of the Prince of Wales engine house and derelict buildings of the Phoenix United copper and tin mine near the village of Minions, Bodmin Moor in Cornwall not far from Liskeard. First mined from 1836, possibly earlier, it employed up to 600 workers until its closure in 1914. Ore was transported using the now dismantled Liskeard and Caradon railway. The area is a SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) as the heavy metals contained in the spoil from the mine has attracted rare species of moss and lichen. Apparently it is one of only two sites in the world where Cornish path moss (Ditrichum cornubicum) grows. Image taken looking east from atop the Bronze age Rillaton Barrow (burial mound) in August.

Images exploring Devon & Cornwall's remote inspiring landscapes, breathtaking coast, ruins and shipwrecks in this beautiful part of SW England, UK. The stunning natural beauty of the area, which changes with the light, seasons and coastal climate, is constantly inspiring. There is so much history here too with human occupation spanning millennia. A photographer's dream. My photos are mostly taken spontaneously in less visited places or from unusual viewpoints. If they hold your attention, lift your spirit, make you ask questions, make you smile or fire your imagination and your wish to explore then it is more than enough reward....although you can buy prints too! ;)My photos mostly explore beautiful rural North Devon & Cornwall...