Lostwithiel: Restormel Royal Mine
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Lostwithiel: Restormel Royal Mine
Image: © Martin Bodman Taken: 27 Apr 2011
Looking down into a deep cutting by the probable entrance to the deep adit of the iron mine, which had its most productive period in the nineteenth century. It was visited by Queen Victoria in the 1840s, hence the 'Royal' appellation
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Image Location
Latitude
50.416402
Longitude
-4.677465