Andy Rodker's photos with the keyword: Tin mine

Ballowall Burrow

02 Nov 2018 20 6 420
Looking Inland: Neolithic burial chamber, tin mine and Saint Just, Cornwall.

H. A. N. W. E. everyone! View from Carn Galva

06 Oct 2017 37 52 921
Granite and coastal platform. Bosigran and Rosemergy Farm. Cornwall - West Penwith typicity. Below is Carn Galver engine house. Tin was mined here between approx 1850 and 70. Rather late - Cornish tin was already being out-competed on price from East Asia. It was the end of Cornish tin mining to any meaningful extent. Also, the stone walls seen mid-distance here ('fences' in Cornish dialect) are thought to be the oldest extant man-made stone constructions - still used for their original purpose - of any in the world, at up to 8,000 years old.