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Botallack and Carn Praunter (Kenidjack Valley),<br />

and Levant Man-Engine Tunnel, which was the site<br />

of Cornwall’s second largest mining disaster (in<br />

terms of men lost). As always, a crucial element in<br />

the successful completion of these works was local<br />

consultation and liaison.<br />

Funding was facilitated by the Rural Development<br />

Agency and its general application was project<br />

managed by Cornwall County Council in partnership<br />

with the National Trust. The overall figure provided<br />

for the Heritage Works was just over £2,million, of<br />

which the National Trust provided around £210,000<br />

- £150,000 in actual funds and around £60,000 as<br />

‘works-in-kind’.<br />

The first stage involved the thorough decontamination<br />

of Arsenic Works (Calciner, Labyrinths, Flues<br />

& Chimney), named among the top ten Scheduled<br />

Monuments at risk, followed by the structural<br />

consolidation (including partial reconstruction)<br />

of the 1860s Dressing Floors, Stamping Engine,<br />

Crown’s Pumping Boiler House Retaining Wall,<br />

Pearce’s Whim Chimney & Lintelled-Flue, Powder<br />

56<br />

House, Counthouse Service Buildings, Wheal Cock<br />

Dry and shaft safety works on four shafts including<br />

Wheal Cock Engine Shaft. In 2004-5 safety works to<br />

a shaft that had unexpectedly opened up at Botallack<br />

Vean (National Trust Volunteer Accommodation)<br />

were undertaken and a new workshop built.<br />

As a departure from the usual consolidation of<br />

mining structures an ongoing programme of<br />

Japanese Knotweed Control was begun in the<br />

Kenidjack Valley. This invasive, water-loving plant<br />

was quickly spreading throughout the valleys -<br />

clogging the waterways, diminishing native plants<br />

and detracting from the visitor experience. As ever,<br />

the project’s success was dependent on working<br />

with all land owners (which included organisations<br />

such as South West Water) and ensuring good local<br />

community liaison.<br />

Towards the end of this phase further decontamination<br />

and consolidation works were undertaken e.g.<br />

Arsenic Works, Carn Praunter, Beach Retaining<br />

Wall, Wheal Hermon and safety works to a further<br />

fifteen shafts throughout the area.

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