Belowda
Belowda
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| Police | Devon and Cornwall | |
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Belowda (Cornish: Boslowsa)[1] is a village in Cornwall, England, UK. The village is just north of the A30 trunk road, about seven miles west-southwest of Bodmin.[2] The village also gives its name to the nearby Belowda Beacon. It is in the civil parish of Roche.
Mines
There are two mineral lodes on Belowda beacon, Wheal Dora Lode, and Webbs Lode. Both lodes converge to meet at the summit of the hill (744 ft) where they were worked open cast. A shaft 500yds NE of Belowda village, on Wheal Dora is near the southern margin of the granite outcrop; and another, 140 yds SSW of the former, is in killas. The main shaft on Webb's Lode is on the granite margin, 550 yds N by W of Lane End farm and there are two others at 80yds SSE, respectively of the main shaft. Though the mine was active until 1902. There are no plans of the underground workings.[3]
Belowda Beacon
Belowda Beacon was designated a
The downs around the beacon, as well as the downs around Tregonetha form the Tregonetha & Belowda Downs SSSI, noted for its biological interest and biodiversity.[5]
References
- ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
- ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
- ^ The metalliferous mining region of South-West England by Henry George Dines, H. M. Stationery Office, 1956 (Page 525)
- ^ "Belowda Beacon" (PDF). Natural England. 1996. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ "Tregonetha & Belowda Downs" (PDF). Natural England. 2000. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
External links
Media related to Belowda at Wikimedia Commons
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