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WELCOME TO CORNWALL
Vacancies updated August 26th. Sheila (me) is Warden of Ancient Monuments for the Newquay Old Cornwall Society. Had a
call to go and clear St. Eval Longstone of greenery - a standing stone shown on maps as 'Boundary Rock'. It is 9 feet tall
by nearly 5 feet wide.
As nothing can be done to monuments without consent from English Heritage I contacted them and it turned out this stone
is not a protected monument! So I have been trying to find out its history and hope to get it scheduled. The archaeologist
in charge of such was coming to
see the stone in July but got caught in a flood in Redruth and had her car written off as mud got in the engine.
Even so the weather has not been that bad and our guests are still going home sunburnt.
I have been out the rock shed this summer sorting mineral finds from our spring trips.
I am hoping I have a first for Hingston Downs Quarry - rutile. I also collected a lovely olivenite from Ting Tang mine dumps plus some more rare parnauite.
Stefan Kempeneers who with Luc, Nico and Udo - members of Belgium mineral club - Geologische Vereniging Limburg came
to stay with us in May 2008. Stefan has written up their trip with pictures and here is the link
Cornwall 2008 - Chichester Interest Holidays
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