Cornwall, England: The charms of Poldark country can make you swoon

By Steve McKenna
Updated June 3 2015 - 1:19pm, first published June 2 2015 - 10:53am
Porthgwarra Cove, one of the spectacular coves around the Cornish coast.
Porthgwarra Cove, one of the spectacular coves around the Cornish coast.
Porthgwarra Cove, one of the spectacular coves around the Cornish coast.
Porthgwarra Cove, one of the spectacular coves around the Cornish coast.
Porthgwarra Cove, one of the spectacular coves around the Cornish coast.
Porthgwarra Cove, one of the spectacular coves around the Cornish coast.
Porthgwarra Cove, one of the spectacular coves around the Cornish coast.
Porthgwarra Cove, one of the spectacular coves around the Cornish coast.
Ross Poldark and his wife Demelza, the two stars of <i>Poldark</i>.
Ross Poldark and his wife Demelza, the two stars of <i>Poldark</i>.
Minack Theatre, Cornwall. Photo: John Harper
Minack Theatre, Cornwall. Photo: John Harper
Three biomes at the Eden Project, the largest greenhouses in the world.  Photo: Glenn Beanland
Three biomes at the Eden Project, the largest greenhouses in the world. Photo: Glenn Beanland

Plunging into tempestuous, turquoise Atlantic waters, the scrubby green headlands are capped by what looks like, from afar, the relics of some long-lost civilisation, or an abandoned set from a post-apocalyptic movie. Edge closer, however, and the truth dawns. Tickled by overgrown grass and bright yellow wildflowers, these slim, dormant clifftop chimneys and crumbling stone outhouses are the remnants of what was, in the early 19th century, the world's richest centre of copper and tin mining.

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