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Lanterdan Quarry
50.6500° N, -4.7590° E
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Lanterdan Quarry is a disused open cast slate quarry between Tintagel and Trebarwith on the north coast of Cornwall, South West England. The quarry is the oldest, largest and most spectacular of Tintagel’s coastal quarries and was worked from the fifteenth until the early twentieth century. A distinguishing feature of the quarry is a 25m high pinnacle of inferior slate.
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Beginning of quarrying
late 15th century
1883 employment record
1883
End of regular working
early 20th century
Presence on OS map
1907
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