Devoran Creek View Traditional Cache
devorandachshund: Time for this one to go.
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This cache is placed close to the spot we found our very first, by Andy Joiner, that got us hooked to this pastime.
The area is great for bird watchers and dog walkers alike with many other caches to be found locally
The cache is just off the main path and care must be taken when retrieving the cache!
Devoran is located just off the main A39 between Truro and Falmouth at the bottom of the Bissoe valley and at the upper reaches of Restronguet Creek. Today there is a Church, a pub, a great newspaper delivery agent and a school and yet at one time Devoran was a hive of industry. There was a railway line to the mines, extensive wharves, and a thriving boatyard with ships and barges coming and going up the creek. In the early 19th century a rail line ran from the Gwennap mines to Point where the copper ore could be taken aboard ship. The trains would then return with coal and whatever supplies were needed for the mines. By the 1840s wharves had been built all along the creek from Devoran to Point, together with boatyards, repair shops and housing for the people. Unfortunately waste which was washed down from the many tin mines in the surrounding countryside was steadily building up and the tidal creek was eventually choked. Tin had always been extracted from the Fal river area but the heavy demands made by the industrialisation of the 19th century sped up the silting up process. The final blow to Devoran’s economy happened when tin prices fell with the discovery of cheaper tin in other parts of the world. Now an official cycle route, the old Mineral Tramways from Devoran to Portreath is available as an interesting ride for the average cyclist . The route follows the working railway line tracks that carried minerals tin, copper etc to the ancient quays at Devoran or the harbour at Portreath
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