Andy Rodker's photos with the keyword: paddock

Saint Day, Cornwall. The steeple of the old, disused and now collapsed parish church can be seen on the horizon. In the period 1770 to 1850 this view would have been one of utter devastation and industry with mining for tin, copper and arsenic all happening here. It was called the 'richest square mile in the world'. Then it all suddenly stopped as cheaper labour and mining costs for these minerals were found in South East Asia amongst other places (slave labour in the main). Nothing remains of this previous hive of activity, I'm pleased to say..