Putting Porthgwarra on the map Traditional Cache
Tregearfamily: Came to check on this one today, Impossible to replace as the map has gone, such a shame but no option but to archive.
Putting Porthgwarra on the map
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A quick cache and dash at the lovely cove of Porthgwarra
The cove and slipway are privately owned, but the public is permitted to quietly enjoy them. Swimming in the cove itself is quite safe, provided swimmers do not go beyond the headland where there are dangerously strong sea currents.
At the foot of the cove's slipway is a tunnel dug by tin miners from St Just to give farmers horse-and-cart access to the beach to collect seaweed to use as a fertiliser.
There is another tunnel, leading seawards, which was the fishermen's access to the tidal 'hulleys' built in the rocks to store shellfish. The 'hulleys', which ceased being used about 20 years ago, had wooden floors and topcovers with trapdoors and were used to store the shellfish prior to taking the catch to market once or twice a week. The rope laid down the beach is used to steady boats while landing.
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