Seven Bridges is a named walking landscape south of Cubert, associated with a succession of small crossings over wet ground. It forms part of the local connections between the village, Holywell and the country around Trebellan.
The setting brings several histories close together: a farmhouse that became the Smugglers’ Den, mineral transport towards Gravel Hill and routes continuing towards St Piran’s sites. Their proximity is useful context, but it does not prove a tunnel connection or give every embankment the same railway history. A historical or walking description also does not establish access across adjoining military or private land.
Sources
Source 1: https://www.cornishcelticway.co.uk/project/fistral-perran-sands/
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