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The Bronze Age standing stone on Goonhilly Downs
The Dry Tree Menhir is overlooked by satellite dishes. Photo: Elizabeth Dale.

How Porthmeor Beach became a piece of glass
BBC Radio Cornwall's Tiffany Truscott has been to St Ives. Photo: Abigail Reynolds.

Why were the Cornish so superstitious?—Hidden Cornwall: Myths and Legends
Folklore was deeply intertwined with daily life. Photo: Weather Watcher/Gilly Gabben.

There's not much life on the 'Cornish Mars'
Nature has reclaimed much of the damaged mining landscape. Photo: Elizabeth Dale.

Have you heard of the Ring and Thimble Stones?
You might have driven past them in West Cornwall. Photo credit: Elizabeth Dale.

Is Launceston Cornwall's haunted capital?—Hidden Cornwall: Myths and Legends
Ghost tour guide and Podcaster Lawrence Patrick McNeela has some spooky Launceston tales.

Precious Tolgus Mill tin ore smelted into ingots
Tolgus Mill is still in operation just outside of Redruth where Cornwall Gold is.

The demise of the Redruth and Chasewater Railway
The pioneering railway was completed and running on January 31st 1886.

A Cadgwith connection to the Franco-Prussian War
The fishing village on the Lizard became involved in 1870. Photo: Elizabeth Dale.

Gulval photographer who was known as 'Flash Harry'
He often caught the train to London with photos for national newspapers and magazines.