Tregullon

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]

See also

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.

50°26′53″N 4°43′47″W / 50.448089°N 4.729790°W / 50.448089; -4.729790


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