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Coordinates: 50°30′41″N 4°26′12″W / 50.51130°N 4.43667°W
Caradon Hill is on Bodmin Moor in the former Caradon district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The summit is 371 metres (1,217 ft) above mean sea level[1].
The hill was once famous for its copper mines but these are now closed.[2] The South Caradon Copper Mine, 1 km to the SW of the transmitter, was the largest copper mine in the UK in its heyday, 150 years ago. Other disused copper and tin mines are scattered around the base of the hill, including the Wheal Phoenix, well-known among mineral collectors. The ruins of the Prince of Wales engine house are prominent at Wheal Phoenix.[3] Granite was also quarried nearby. The mining area around the southwest base of the hill form part of Crow's Nest SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest).[2]
The Caradon Hill transmitting station television mast is near the summit of Caradon Hill at grid reference SX 272 707.
References [link]
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3
- ^ a b "Crow’s Nest". Natural England. 1999. https://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/2000274.pdf. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ^ Linkinhorne, Caradon & Phoenix Area mineral info at Mindat.org
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Garden Wall
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Living there behind the garden wall
In a house that's grown so small
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Living there behind the garden wall
In a house that's grown so small
No one sees the flowers fade and fall
There behind the garden wall
Though they have it all, they've lost so much
They're still
Living there behind the garden wall
In a house that's grown so small
No one sees the flowers fade and fall
There behind the garden wall