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West Slate Quarry (United Kingdom)


Small coastal slate quarry, including ‘box caves’. Abandoned by 1883. Effectively adjoining Lanterdan to the north. 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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Other location/mapping information:

Latitude: 50.65
Longitude: -4.75977
Landranger grid reference: SX050870
Easting: 205000
Northing: 087000

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Major Mining Region



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