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ID:SDV354815
Title:Bulldozers Called Off
Originator:Larcombe, A.
Date:1985
Summary:The arsenic mine at Devon Great Consols has been the subject of controversy since the Sunday Independent labelled it the 'valley of death'. Reports of the threatened demolition alarmed conservationists, but the environmental health department in Tavistock has never heard of any health risk from the many mine workings in the area.

Associated Monuments (1)

MDV5490Gawton Mine, West Devon (Monument)