Carnglaze Caverns & the Rum Store
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A visit to Carnglaze Caverns near St.Neot will take you into the underground world
of the slate quarrymen and miners.

Carnglaze Caverns are set in the now very pretty wooded valley of the River Loveny.
The caverns were originally a slate quarry, that "grew" underground to reach the better
quality slate. Slate was quarried up until the early 1900s, when the cost of transport became
too great, and their use decreased from there on. During the Second World War,
the main cavern was used for storing rum for the Royal Navy.
(Link to Carnglaze Caverns for more information).

This main cavern, or "The Rum Store" has now become a venue for a complete range of
musical events, due in no small part to the excellent acoustics that are to be found here.
Tickets for classical, operatic, folk and rock concerts, and other performances, all sell like hot cakes!
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The main caverns site in the woods, just off the road up to St.Neot...

An old Slate Quarryman (or Slate Miner?) at work underground...

One of the Fairies in the "Enchanted Dell" - a lovely walk in the hillside woods above the caverns...

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The Rum Store (at Carnglaze Caverns)

The main cavern at Carnglaze, "The Rum Store", has now become a venue for a complete range of
musical events, due in no small part to the excellent acoustics that are to be found here.
Tickets for classical, operatic, folk and rock concerts, and other performances, all sell like hot cakes!

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