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Abandoned Victorian copper mining activities dominate the spectacular landscape on the flanks of Caradon Hill above the River Seaton Valley high on a remote part of Bodmin Moor, St Cleer, Cornwall, SW England, UK. Tin oxide deposits (alluvial cassiterite) originally drew medieval miners to the area and eventually the tin streaming mine of Gonamena was established just upstream to the left of this shot. The extensive South Caradon mine shown, one of many in the area, was established by Captain James Clymo and his sons and the Kittow family after copper was discovered in 1834 from an adit driven into the hillside at Sump shaft which became the deepest shaft of the mine sett at 250 fathoms (1,500 feet or 457m). The ran until the 1890s and produced some 218,000 tons of copper ore making it the 6th largest copper mine in Cornwall. Rule's South Shaft pumping engine house can be seen on the skyline to the left. To the middle right is Jope's Shaft engine house above the waste material spoil he...

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...