Lanterdan Quarry

The quarry is clearly visible from the South West Coast Path and can also be reached by clambering over rocks from Trebarwith Strand and Hole beaches.

Lanterdan is the oldest of Tintagel’s slate quarries having been worked from the end of the fifteenth century.

In 1883, the quarry employed a solitary worker, Thomas Sweet and according to the 1907 OS map, Lanterdan was still in use at that date.

Some might have been shelters for the horses and ponies used to power the whim pulleys used to lift the slate up and down the quarry walls.

The buildings have been repurposed over the years by children, anglers and campers, making it hard for archaeologists to determine their original function.