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The
Coastal Landmarks
Caradon Hill Mine Locations and Geology |
South Caradon was the richest of the mines with its neighbours all started in an attempt share in the wealth discovered on the Southern Slopes of the hill. The Northern batch of mines have had a complex history with several name and ownership changes over the years and Caradon Great United Mine was a combined working of several older setts.
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This simplified map of the
Geology shows the limits of the Granite
that forms the bulk of the Hill. The Granite is the South Easterly limit
of the outcrop that forms Bodmin Moor. The heat and pressure of the
intrusion has altered the Upper Devonian rock that surrounds the moor.
This has left a metamorphic Aureole of about four mile width around the
Granite mass.
The stress caused by the intrusion and subsequent cooling caused fissures than became the Lodes of minerals the mines exploited, Theses trend in a East Westerly direction with Tin being found North of the Hill and Copper to the South . Key
the Bodmin Moor website |
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much of the hill appears to be freely accessible to the public it is on
private land and no formal right of ways exist.
Like all mine sites dangers exist, many hidden. This web site is aimed as a resource to those using the public rights of way and cannot encourage visitors to the mine workings itself. |
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