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Dist:0.2km<br/>On the edge of Godolphin Woods.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.3km<br/>Sunken area of a former mineshaft in Godolphin Woods, site of extensive Copper mining from the 1600s to 1840s.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.3km<br/>Footbriodge over a leat, an artificial stream dug in connection with Godolphin Mine, which ceased operation in 1846 and whose site is now Godolphin Woods. The ramp by the footbridge has been put in to give dogs (for which this is a popular walking area) an easy route out of the water, to reduce erosion of the banks.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.3km<br/>An artificial stream dug in connection with Godolphin Mine, which ceased operation in 1846 and whose site is now Godolphin Woods. The ramp by the footbridge has been put in to give dogs (for which this is a popular walking area) an easy route out of the water, to reduce erosion of the banks.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.3km<br/>The stream is a tributary of the River Hayle, which it joins just to the north of here.
©Rod Allday
Dist:0.4km<br/>Grade II listed Godolphin Count House is now owned by the National Trust and has been refurbished as an educational centre. The National Trust took over the 555-acre estate in 2000. The count house was the centre for accounting for the product of the Godolphin copper mine http://www.cornwall-calling.co.uk/mines/wendron/godolphin.htm.
©Rod Allday
Dist:0.4km<br/>Also marked on maps as Gwedna House, this was the account house for Godolphin Mine, which was under what is now Godolphin Woods. It now serves as a National Trust education centre and offices, the Trust having acquired the freehold in 1999 from Lysbeth Mary Wolstencroft Church. It was originally built in the early 19th century and is grade II listed - for listing particulars see http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1142224. A past resident was the artist Walter Elmer Schofield, who lived here from 1941 until his death in 1944, his son having bought the Godolphin estate in 1937.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.4km<br/>Carrying the footpath across a particularly boggy area. The woods are part of the 555-acre estate which was taken over by the National Trust in 2000.
©Rod Allday
Dist:0.5km<br/>Viewed from near Gwedna. The River Hayle runs through the wooded dip in the centre of the photo.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.5km<br/>Managed by the National Trust since 2000, this was originally the site of much mining activity, with the Copper mine here operating from the 1600s to the 1840s, hence the warning on the sign of the presence of mineshafts. Much of the tree cover dates from after the cessation of mining.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.5km<br/>Gate to Godolphin House, dating from the late 19th century from earlier materials. Grade II listed - for listing particulars see http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1142263.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.5km<br/>A small hamlet north of Godolphin Cross.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking towards Tregonning Hill from Gwedna.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.5km<br/>Constructed in the late C19th, re-using materials from an earlier construction. Grade II listed http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=65760&mode=adv.
©Rod Allday
Dist:0.5km<br/>A small hamlet north of Godolphin Cross.
©Ian Capper

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