Earth Humanities Walks 1.

Location: Kennall Vale and Ponsanooth, Cornwall
Walkers : Kate Moore, Jas Munn and Nicola Whyte 

Intro. 19th c. Gunpowder Works at Kennall Vale (SW 75086 37462) https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1020143 

Pathways.

Boundaries.

Reclaimings.

Moss, lichen, fern, fungi.
Renewal - arboreal growth.
Shade - canopy.
Trees : re-configuring / remaking / disrupting / blocking.

Disintegration. Decay. Rust.
Renewal.

Water.

Energy-scape : river, network of leats, channels, streams, waterfalls.

Flow – no longer contained and channeled by system of mill leats and waterwheels, water takes its own course sometimes utilising at other times subverting the former industrial workings.

Water power – constant noise-scape! 

Water as transformative of place – seasonality imp. Here.

Stone 

Buildings.
Walls.
Boundaries.
Steps.
Out of place stone: limestone and fragment of mill stone.

Metal

Decay, rust, twisted, corroding, crumbling.

Memory Place – Traces and Leavings

Geotagging.
Memorial tree.
Graffiti.
Money Tree.