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Wenford Dries – Abandoned buildings or Art installation

September 8, 2020by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment

A chance encounter with the @one_eyed_wizz and @disorderworks1 at Wenford Dries. Check these guys out their work is fantastic Wenford Dries  The Wenford Dries was built in the early 20th C, to […]

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The importance of an Archive

Trevellas coombe and Jericho Valleys

January 4, 2020by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment
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Walking the Southwest coastal path

Carloggas Downs – “a Heap of Mice”

November 9, 2019by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment

An interesting fact “Carloggas Downs” translates as “Heap of Mice” in Cornish. Apparently when ECC (English China Clays, long since owned by Imerys) did the whole ‘beautification’ programme, one of […]

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Geology, The importance of an Archive, Walking the dogs

Bissoe Valley Nature Reserve

September 18, 2019by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment

Bissoe Nature Reserve is a former mining site and now a habitat of heathland, woodland and ponds, the reserve is a fine example of a land reclamation and restoration programme. […]

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Walking the dogs

Crowns Engine House, Botallack Mine

September 3, 2019by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment
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Walking the Southwest coastal path

The Great Flat Lode, Carn Brea, Redruth

August 16, 2019by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment

THE GREAT FLAT LODE In the 1860s, when many copper mines were closing, a ‘lode’ of tin ore was discovered to the South of Carn Brea in an area that […]

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Historic Cornwall

Tregargus Valley – Theres Light at the end of the tunnel

May 8, 2019by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment

Tregargus Valley What a gem, I spent a wonderful 4 hrs wandering the trails and tracks around the valley there is so much to see. The Tregargus Valley is situated […]

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Historic Cornwall

Great Wheal Prosper china clay dry, Carbis Wharf

April 8, 2019by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment

Carbis Wharf, formerly known as Great Wheal Prosper, is a Grade II Listed Building dating back to 1830. It started life as a brick works and kilns then, as the […]

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Historic Cornwall

Carclaze Downs Clay Works – (Dis-used)

March 16, 2019by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment

In search of the white gold Great Carclaze Pit. Grid ref SX025548 Beauty in the banal Baal Pit and Carn Grey is a 5.5 kilometre loop trail located near St […]

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Cornwall, Topography

Icons of the county – St Dennis – Flatty and Pointy

September 1, 2018by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment

The Aesthetics of Progress and the visual impact on the landscape, Looking back from the road that leads up to the Church, the two burrows (Cornish dialect name for these […]

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Cornwall, The Heart of the Community, Tourist attractions

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