Two tin mines for the price of one.

Bonito colorido, feliz semana.

Superbes détails !
Bonne semaine. Amitiés

Magnifique et admirablement rendue sous cet angle.
Bonne et agréable semaine clémente.

LOVE THE PHOTO BOMBING PIGEON !!!

IT WILL CERTAINLY BE LOCAL STONE

SOME OF THIS HAS THE LOOK OF DRESSED GRANITE

YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE BUTTON ON TWO OUT 0F THREE, PAM! BUT, TRY AS I MIGHT, I REALLY CAN'T SEE A PIGEON!!!
THANKS A LOT ANYWAY!!

GRINS !! I HAVE BOXED HIM NOW WITH A NOTE !!

SORRY PAM, I DELETED THE NOTE. IT'S BITS OF OLD STONE. IT DOES HAVE PIGEON COLOURING I GRANT YOU THAT!

Beautifully captured Andy.
Thank you for the note.

lovely ( and perfect for a wednesday)

Jolie capture entre vielles pierres et verdure !
Bonne semaine, Andy, HBM !

love this oldie walls with ivy growing

A beautiful image.

Great wall!
Splendid capture, Andy!

I have no idea what stone has been used here......but I'm guessing it's not granite as you would almost certainly have recognised it :-))

A lovely shot Andy.............the stonework is beautifully detailed and I really like the ivy climbing the wall.

Thank you, Keith; glad you like it. I think Grobi, below, has provided a comprehensive answer!

Hallo Andy, I'm sure it's granite. It's possible that it is even the so-called Land's End Granite. It is part of the large Cornubian granite body (batholiths) located at the southwestern tip of Great Britain. There are different grain sizes: Coarse-grained granite, which makes up practically the entire southern part and a good 50 percent of the northern part. This is then followed by a medium-grained granite and a fine-grained granite. The main deposits of the fine-grained granite are north and west of Penzance, with smaller deposits appearing at Land's End, St Levan and Cape Cornwall. The stones of the tower in your picture appear to be medium-grained to coarse-grained granite. There is typically always ores nearby or in granites, which is indicated by the nearby mine.

Thank you, Grobi. I agree with all that you say and will add this; that this is an area (near where I have lived and am currently staying) of granite inselbergs, around which (and not directly sited on granite itself), are (or, more correctly, were) the most productive tin, copper and arsenic seams. The granite inselbergs that are most dominant, at least as far as the landscape is concerned, are St Agnes Beacon, Carn Marth and Carn Brae. All were completely surrounded by mining activity.

I'm afraid I have no idea either of what kind of stone that it's made of. I tried to look it up, but they use long words on Google!!!!!! Great picture here

Thank you, Jenny. I half knew the answer anyway but was pleased to get a full explanation from Grobi, above!

So typical of Cornwall! The ivy creeping up the walls adds a good contrast to the granite stonework.

Beautiful stonework and good informative notes Andy.
A good explanation from grobi358.