'Once a thriving port serving a mining community with a much larger population than today's, the leaflet helps discover the history of the Trevaunance Cove and its surrounding area. The Trail is a sparkling Cornish tale of high drama - the rise and fall of the Manor of Trevaunance and the Tonkin Family, a story of tin and copper mining, seafaring folklore and five harbours.

'St Agnes has always been associated with tin mining, prehistoric evidence shows early miners worked mineral outcrops in the surrounding cliffs and high ground. Many of the 'coastal' caves are in fact man made and the cliff-tops are are criss-crossed with the work of generations of miners - Wheal Luna is an example of an early 'open' tin working. The unusual geology of the cliffs at Trevaunance is of national importance and is protected as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.'