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Lanterdan Slate Quarry (United Kingdom)


Very extensive and dramatic coastal slate quarry. Including ‘box caves’. Believed to date from 15th century. Details of surviving features listed in “Coastal Slate Quarries – Tintagel to Trebarwith” (1990)Adam Sharpe, CAU archaeological survey for the National Trust. ISBN 1 871162 95 5

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Latitude: 50.6509
Longitude: -4.75982
Landranger grid reference: SX050871
Easting: 205000
Northing: 087100

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Major Mining Region



Lanterdan Slate Quarry belongs to the East Cornwall & Kit Hill region.