Craddock Moor Quarry Bodmin Moor Cornwall

Climbing the Quarry

There are some 'icons' of Bodmin Moor that I definitely want to visit now that I've got the chance. Stone circles are always on my wishlist and Bodmin Moor is host to a big site consisting of three circles, known as "The Hurlers". This is my destination for today.

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iron works mining limestone Clydach Gorge Wales

Golden Fire

Blazing fires are heating up the furnices. Miners covered in sweat, with blackened faces from the ashes and coke, keep shovelling new coke into the fire. With 1600 degrees the miners empty their barrows with iron and limestone into the furnices. Their senses are numbed. They can't think, can't feel. They keep going.

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