Crowns Botallack Mine, Cornwall
These photogenic mine remains are near St Just in west Cornwall. Tin, copper and other minerals have been mined here for hundreds of years. At one time thousands of men, women and children were employed in the industry. The shafts of Crowns extended some 3 miles out under the ocean bed. For anyone interested in industrial archaeology there is a wealth of remains here including one of the best preserved arsenic works.
If you want to find out more try:
http://www.landsendarea.co.uk/trails/botallack.htm
Crowns Botallack Mine, Cornwall belongs to the following groups:
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bertspix
What do they mine there? Botallacks???...lovely shot…love the light hitting the land..just so….Bert
Caroline Bland replied
Yeh, Botallacks are very, very rare!!!
dinghysailor1
perfect cornish lighting – nice capture!
Caroline Bland replied
Thank you again Maggie
RichardV
Wow Caroline. Excellent capture and work.
hilarydougill
I love St Justs, we have had many lovely holidays around there. this is an exquisite capture and fantastic imagery, great light and fantastic mine and legend
Caroline Bland replied
Thanks again Hilary. It’s good to know that it’s associated with good memories.
Iani
Great picture love the colours
Caroline Bland replied
Thank you Iani
Deborah Benoit
Love the colors, the sky. This is a beautiful capture.
Caroline Bland replied
Thank you Deborah, much appreciated
Christopher Da...
Fantastic. Do I spot some exposure blending?
Caroline Bland replied
Hi Christopher – yes it’s a blend of several exposures which was a bit of a challenge with gale force winds buffeting the tripod!
Rosina Lamberti
Beautiful scene you’ve captured, Great shot!
Caroline Bland replied
Thank you again Rosina – very kind of you
Helene Kippert
Gorgeous textures and light!
Paul Henderso...
Some brilliant tones and shadows, with lovely detail.
Alessandro Pinto
Amazing scenary, colors and light are fantastic and love the composition outstanding work !!!