Old Mining Country

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Old Mining Country by Tony Atkin as part of the Geograph project.

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Old Mining Country

Image: © Tony Atkin Taken: 16 Jun 2007

The land to the north west of St Agnes is riddled with old mines and mining waste. A few fields, probably for horse grazing, and gardens have been reclaimed from the gorse scrub covering the area. The scattered houses are probably now extremely expensive to buy.

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.319008
Longitude
-5.209101