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| Hole in garden 'as old mine workings collapse' | |
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| A huge hole has opened up in the garden of a house in Cornwall. | A huge hole has opened up in the garden of a house in Cornwall. |
| The hole, in Pendarves Road, Beacon, near Camborne, is believed to have been caused by collapsed mine workings that are more than 200 years old. | |
| The area, which includes a public right of way, has been cordoned off, and an electricity cable and water pipe can be seen dangling in the ground. | |
| Water and electrical engineers have examined the hole, which is 10m (33ft) deep by 5m (16ft) wide. | |
| Residents said a small hole appeared at the site on 17 February after a tree fell over in stormy weather. | |
| However, in the past week it has grown to reach its new size. | |
| The area is still seeing some collapses and engineers have been examining the site over the past week. | |
| Dale Foster, a geologist from Wheal Jane Consulting, said: "It looks like it may potentially be a stope - an area from where the ore was removed from the load. | |
| "Date-wise, I would suggest it would be from the late 1700s into the early 1800s." | |
| Nearby resident Terry Caddy said the opening had caused "sleepless nights". | |
| "You go to bed very tired and you wake up in the middle of the night and it's going round in your mind all the time," he said. |