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DELABOLE, a great slate quarry, 2 miles W by S of Camelford, in Cornwall. It has been worked since the time of Elizabeth; and is 900 feet long and 240 deep. A railway goes from it to Bossiney harbour.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a great slate quarry" (ADL Feature Type: "mine sites") |
| Administrative units: | Cornwall Ancient County |
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