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Lydford
The parish of Lydford is extremely old, formally a Stannary town and known for its silver mines in the 10th century, it even used to have a royal mint producing pennies from the locally mined silver.
Lydford's main attractions are Lydford's 12th century castle standing proud on a mound central to Lydford, Formally court and gaol now a ruin, but still worth a visit.
The river Lyd flows through Lydford Gorge, said to be the deepest in the South West, the fast flowing river forming the spectacular White Lady Waterfall and Devils Cauldron.
An energetic walk is required to see everything, tricky in parts - about three miles in length and about two hours.
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