St. Agnes

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St. Agnes

Source: Feock at Cornish-Links http://www.cornish-links.co.uk/stagnes.htm

Cornwall

St. Agnes is a wonderful little town and holiday resort perched on a hillside overlooking Trevaunance Cove. It is a town founded on mining and the surrounding countryside is littered with the remains of an industry which was once very productive in this area. Tin from the St. Agnes mines was of a very high quality.

As the mining industry grew, so did St. Agnes and as trade increased it became evident that a harbour was needed for importing the materials for the mines and the exporting of tin and copper. Thus was born the valiant attempts to make Trevaunance Cove into a port and several contractions were made beginning as early as 1632, but the sea always won and all were washed away in storms. One of these only lasted six years and then finally, in 1798 a harbour was constructed under the cliffs which lasted for over a hundred years. The method used for loading and unloading cargo was by winch and chute from the top of the cliff. However, this was not the end of the story for violent storms in 1916 again washed away the walls which had been insufficiently maintained and from then Trevaunance became an 'abandoned port'.

View picture of à Trevaunance Cove, St. Agnes, Cornwall

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