Setting this discovery in context, an article on the National Trust website declares that in 2006, the Cornwall and West Devon mining landscape achieved World Heritage Status recognized by UNESCO and say, “This places Cornish mining on a par with the Egyptian pyramids , Stonehenge, and the Acropolis in Athens”.
The team of excavators, led by Dr. Chris Smart of the University of Exeter's Department of Archaeology reported on the University of Exeter's website that it had included “over 20 local volunteers during each day of the dig, including refugees and asylum-seekers from Plymouth”. What's more, “100 children from four local primary schools have attended workshops on site”.
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