Tregullon

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Tregullon is a hamlet in the parish of Lanivet near Bodmin in Cornwall, England. [1] [2] [3]

In 1884 it was noted as containing three farms and a mine. [4] Tregullon mine was worked for iron, copper and tin. [5] It operated first as "Tregullan Mine" to 1822, then from 1836 as "Tregollan Mine". In 1839 it merged with Tretoil Mine and was known as Consolidated Tretoil mine. [6] Tregullan Quarry contains greenstone, axinite and calcflinta. [7]

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References

  1. Daniel Lysons; Samuel Lysons (1814). "Lanivet". Magna Britannia: Volume 3.
  2. Thomas Moule (1836). The English Counties Delineated: Cornwall.
  3. "Tregullon, Cornwall". OS GetOutside. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  4. Chris Bond (January 2007). An Index to the Historical Place Names of Cornwall: Vol 2 - L to Z. ISBN   978-0-9522064-3-9.
  5. Henry George Dines (1956). The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England, Volume 2. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. pp. 516–517.
  6. "Tregullan Mine (Tregollan Mine), Lanivet Consols (Tretoil Mine), Lanivet, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, UK".
  7. Ussher, William Augustus Edmond; et al. (1909). The geology of the country around Bodmin and St. Austell. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. p. 41.

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