Low tide at Lerryn, Cornwall
One of my favourite little inland villages in Cornwall is Lerryn, which sits astride the Lerryn River. This in turn feeds into the River Fowey. Much of the surrounding countryside is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
A silver smelting house operated here between 1556 and 1583 with the ore coming from various mines in Cornwall. In 1573 Queen Elizabeth ordered that a rate be levied for rebuilding the bridge in order to aid production of silver.
Lerryn functioned as a port until the early 20th century, by which time the river had silted up. four lime kilns date from the early 1800s. As Cornwall has little limestone of its own it would have been imported and turned into lime in the kilns. It was then used by farmers to help improve the soil of their fields.
Sources: Various, including Wikipedia
Low tide at Lerryn, Cornwall
One of my favourite little inland villages in Cornwall is Lerryn, which sits astride the Lerryn River. This in turn feeds into the River Fowey. Much of the surrounding countryside is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
A silver smelting house operated here between 1556 and 1583 with the ore coming from various mines in Cornwall. In 1573 Queen Elizabeth ordered that a rate be levied for rebuilding the bridge in order to aid production of silver.
Lerryn functioned as a port until the early 20th century, by which time the river had silted up. four lime kilns date from the early 1800s. As Cornwall has little limestone of its own it would have been imported and turned into lime in the kilns. It was then used by farmers to help improve the soil of their fields.
Sources: Various, including Wikipedia