Delabole
Some images from around the village where I have lived for the past 10 years, famous for its slate Quarry
Delabole Slate Quarry
Delabole Slate has been used as a building material for well over 600 years, and has been quarried continuously since the early 17th century, when Carew in his survey of Cornwall wrote "in substance thin, in colour fair, in lasting long and generally carrieth good regard".
The quarry is 425 feet deep and more than a mile and a half in circumference, and provides a quality of slate that is exceptional.
Stream at Delabole Woods
Delabole woods is just beyond the cemetary at the bottom of the lane
Delabole Woods I
Delabole Woods II
