Welcome
to the Cornwall RIGS website ...
...
Geology is everywhere you look - under your feet, on the roof
tops and even in your paper and toothpaste! And the rocks of Cornwall
have an amazing story to tell.
"A
journey of 8000 miles in just 400 million years. Across tropical
seas and deserts, through volcanic eruptions and hot granite with
mineral vapours rich in tin and copper, to frozen tundra"
Explore
this website and discover for yourself all about Cornish
Geology, how it's conserved for all of us to enjoy and where
the best places are to experience it.

Choose
your destination...
Click
here for a list of photograph credits
Granites
| The Lizard | Killas
| Coastline
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