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Two tin mines for the price of one.

The further mine I'm pretty sure is Killifreth Mine, posted close up fairly recently. I still haven't researched the name of the closer one, although I suspect it is part of the Wheal Busy complex.
The stonework here intrigues me. Does anyone know what stone it is?
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23 comments

elvigiadelosamanecer… said:

Bonito colorido, feliz semana.
22 months ago ( translate )

Madeleine Defawes said:

Superbes détails !
Bonne semaine. Amitiés
22 months ago ( translate )

Malik Raoulda said:

Magnifique et admirablement rendue sous cet angle.
Bonne et agréable semaine clémente.
22 months ago ( translate )

Pam J said:

LOVE THE PHOTO BOMBING PIGEON !!!

IT WILL CERTAINLY BE LOCAL STONE

SOME OF THIS HAS THE LOOK OF DRESSED GRANITE
22 months ago

Andy Rodker replied to Pam J:

YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE BUTTON ON TWO OUT 0F THREE, PAM! BUT, TRY AS I MIGHT, I REALLY CAN'T SEE A PIGEON!!!
THANKS A LOT ANYWAY!!
22 months ago

Jaap van 't Veen said:

Beautifully captured Andy.
Thank you for the note.
22 months ago

Annemarie said:

lovely ( and perfect for a wednesday)
22 months ago

Kawasirius said:

Jolie capture entre vielles pierres et verdure !
Bonne semaine, Andy, HBM !
22 months ago ( translate )

Mario Vargas said:

love this oldie walls with ivy growing
22 months ago

tiabunna said:

A beautiful image.
22 months ago ( translate )

J.Garcia said:

Great wall!
Splendid capture, Andy!
22 months ago

Keith Burton said:

I have no idea what stone has been used here......but I'm guessing it's not granite as you would almost certainly have recognised it :-))

A lovely shot Andy.............the stonework is beautifully detailed and I really like the ivy climbing the wall.
22 months ago

grobi358 said:

Hallo Andy, I'm sure it's granite. It's possible that it is even the so-called Land's End Granite. It is part of the large Cornubian granite body (batholiths) located at the southwestern tip of Great Britain. There are different grain sizes: Coarse-grained granite, which makes up practically the entire southern part and a good 50 percent of the northern part. This is then followed by a medium-grained granite and a fine-grained granite. The main deposits of the fine-grained granite are north and west of Penzance, with smaller deposits appearing at Land's End, St Levan and Cape Cornwall. The stones of the tower in your picture appear to be medium-grained to coarse-grained granite. There is typically always ores nearby or in granites, which is indicated by the nearby mine.
22 months ago

Andy Rodker replied to grobi358:

Thank you, Grobi. I agree with all that you say and will add this; that this is an area (near where I have lived and am currently staying) of granite inselbergs, around which (and not directly sited on granite itself), are (or, more correctly, were) the most productive tin, copper and arsenic seams. The granite inselbergs that are most dominant, at least as far as the landscape is concerned, are St Agnes Beacon, Carn Marth and Carn Brae. All were completely surrounded by mining activity.
22 months ago

Jenny McIntyre said:

I'm afraid I have no idea either of what kind of stone that it's made of. I tried to look it up, but they use long words on Google!!!!!! Great picture here
22 months ago