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once ran through the middle of Goss Moor. This was a major bottleneck for traffic and had been subject to a long running campaign for expansion which was strongly opposed. In late 2004 a decision was finally reached and the dual carriageway running to the north of moor was opened on 25 June 2007.
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on the moor. Drilling took place in 1908 and 1909 but the position of the boreholes and what they contained have been lost. Approximately 70 tons of tin concentrate was extracted and the dredges were later moved to
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is destroyed in the most efficacious manner, having been turned over and over again down to the solid rock, in what is termed streaming for tin
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from 1987 to 2010, chose the title Baron Taylor of Goss Moor when he was appointed a life peer in the
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Much of the existing road is now converted to a cycle lane which opened on 11 May 2008. The
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Biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
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Goss Moor is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south-west of Bodmin and is overlooked by
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rises on the moor at Pentivale and flows 17 kilometres (11 mi) to the
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It is home to a number of scarce and rare species including:
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Southall, E. J.; Dale, M. P.; Kent, M. (September 2003).
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Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1988
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701.9 hectares (7.019 km; 2.710 sq mi)
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Site of Special Scientific Interest

Goss Moor is located in Cornwall
Goss Moor is located in England
Coordinates
50°24′17″N 4°53′04″W / 50.4047°N 4.8845°W / 50.4047; -4.8845
Notification

national nature reserve
Cornwall
Bodmin
St Dennis
St Columb Major
Roche
St Enoder
Britain
peatland
lowland heath
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Breney Common
Special Area of Conservation
Davies Gilbert
suction and cutter dredges
alluvial
tin
Breney Common
Molinnis
Red Moor
Matthew Taylor
Truro and St Austell

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