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Encyclopedia > Kenidjack Valley

North of St Just Cornwall in England. Old tin mining community was here - now well known for hiking and birding.


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Kenidjack Valley, St.Just,Cornwall (223 words)
The area is steeped in mining history, which is borne out by ruined engine houses and mine workings in and near the valley.
Kenidjack is reached down a narrow road off the St.Just to St.Ives road.
Kenidjack is approximately 6 miles from Sennen Cove.
Kenidjack Valley (173 words)
Streams are rare in the district and their value to industry is exemplified in the Kenidjack Valley which contains a remarkable concentration of industrial remains.
Where the valley meets the sea, Porthledden Cove is dominated by views to Cape Cornwall but in the valley itself the river course has been repeatedly moved and numerous manmade watercourses (leat systems) skirt the hillsides.
The extant masonry wheel pit in the lower Kenidjack Valley (left) was enlarged around 1865 to accommodate a waterwheel of 52 feet (15.8 m).
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