WALK THREE: ELOQUENT SEDIMENTS
an exploration of what’s gone into the river and what’s been taken out, how the value of its flow has shifted from priceless to worthless, and what its current state may tell us about our sense of ecological value.
This walk sets out from Tehidy Country Park, at the South Drive car park. It passes through Roscroggan Works and pauses to see the EU-funded Filtration System and ponds, Reskadinnick (home to a number of writers, including the Irish writer Stephen MacKenna). It heads onto the Red River Valley Nature Reserve and Bell Lake, before returning via the Tehidy Stream tributary.
For the original event we were joined by former miner Paul Langford, who worked at Roscroggan and artist filmmaker Naomi Frears, who has been commissioned to make new work in response to the river. The walk was documented by Falmouth University Photography BA Hons graduate Harvey Gorst.
Image courtesy Harvey Gorst
1. ‘Sedimentation of the Mind’, Robert Smithson
2. Extract from ‘The Mine’, John Harris
Image courtesy Harvey Gorst
4. Extract from ‘The Mine’, John Harris
5. Extract from ‘Tehidy and The Bassetts’, M. Tangye.
6. Photo from ‘Tehidy and The Bassetts’ by M. Tangye. Scroll down to download the full resources, which include more images from ‘Tehidy and The Bassetts.'
7. Dolcoath Tin Mine, Camborne
9. ‘Red River’, Extract (Tin Streaming), John Wedgwood Clarke
10. ‘Red River’, Extract (Roscroggan), John Wedgwood Clarke
12. Photo of Froggy Skewers. Image courtesy Harvey Gorst.
14. ‘Red River’, Extract (Through Hydrophones), John Wedgwood Clarke
Image courtesy Harvey Gorst
15. Extract from ‘Vivians’ by Mary Vivian Hughes, 1935
16. Extract from ‘A London Family’ by Mary Vivian Hughes, 1946
Image courtesy Harvey Gorst
17. Extracts from ‘A London Family’ by Mary Vivian Hughes, 1946
18. Memoir, journal and letters of Stephen Mackenna, E.R.Dodd. Download the resources to read more
19. ‘The Roman Villa at Magor Farm, near Camborne, Cornwall.’ B. H. St. J. O’Neil (1933) in Journal of the British Archaeological Association, 39:1, 117-158
Former hydraulic watermill at Tehidy, image courtesy Harvey Gorst
22. Red River Cento (Part I), John Wedgwood Clarke
23. Red River Cento (Part II), John Wedgwood Clarke