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Polkanuggo Quarry, Stithians, Cornwall. September 1902A view of the quarry face showing workers sitting on a granite block weighing an estimated 2, 738 tons. It was claimed to be the largest single block ever quarried
Quarry in Mabe or Constantine, Cornwall. 1903-1904A view of the quarry face showing two workers with sledge hammers standing by a granite block that is being dressed. Part of the Freeman & Sons, Penryn Collection. Photographer: Unknown
Polkanuggo Quarry, Stithians, Cornwall. 1903-1904A general view of Polkanuggo Quarry with steam traction engine BETA No 483 and workers posing for the camera. The traction engine was made around June 1885 by John Fowler of Leeds
Freeman & Sons dressing floor, probably Penryn, Cornwall. 1903-1904Classical granite columns on the dressing floor of Freeman & Sons works. The man pictured is either Bernard Freeman or his brother. Part of the Freeman & Sons, Penryn Collection. Photographer: Unknown
Tresahor Quarry, Constantine, Cornwall. 1903-1904A general view of the quarry with the crane used for moving the granite blocks. Part of the Freeman & Sons, Penryn Collection. Photographer: Unknown
Chun Cromlech, Morvah, Cornwall. Summer 1858The Chun Cromlech or Quoit. A megalithic tomb located on open moorland between Pendeen and Morvah. Photographer: Dr John Wheeley Gough Gutch
Dobwalls School Visit, Dobwalls, Liskeard, Cornwall. July 1993200 primary school children walked from Dobwalls School to spend the morning at Dobwalls Family Adventure Park as guests of proprietor John Southern, a Governor of the school
Maen Quarry, Constantine, Cornwall. 1903-1904A general view of the quarry with the crane used for moving the granite blocks. A number men can be seen with cut blocks at the foot of the quarry face. Part of the Freeman & Sons, Penryn Collection
Bosahan Quarry, Constantine, Cornwall. 1903-1904General view of the quarry with men standing by cut granite blocks and the crane used for moving the blocks. Two men are standing either side of a horse and cart
The Cheesewring, Stowes Hill, Bodmin Moor, near Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Around 1920sClose view of the weathered granite tor with an excursion party of ten or eleven people. The group comprises a number of ladies and a child in cloche hats
Zennor Cromlech, Cornwall. Summer 1858The Zennor Cromlech or Quoit with a man and two children. Photographer: Dr John Wheeley Gough Gutch
St Ias Well, St Ives, Cornwall. Early 1900sA group of four people filling buckets by a well. Probably St Ias Well at the foot of Porthmeor Hill. St Ia was supposedly an Irish Princess who brought Christianity to the area in about AD 500
