Daubuz Moors is a

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near the centre of

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, in

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. The land was given to the

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of Truro in 1977 by the Rev. C. Enys of the Enys Estate to celebrate the

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's Silver Jubilee and the

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of the city of Truro. Its 18 acres of former

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s are managed by Truro City Council and a team of volunteers to maintain a diversity of habitats including a stream, flower-rich

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, wildflower meadows and Cornish hedges. Truro Viaduct from Daubuz Moors - geograph

Daubuz Moors commemorates Lewis Charles Daubuz, a local resident of French

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extraction whose family owned the tin smelters at Carvedras. For many years, the area was grazed by cattle and sheep, but successive generations have also used it for recreation. At its southern end once stood Moresk Mill, which produced flour throughout most of the 19th century. Powered by water, the remains of its

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, millpool and

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s are still evident. Daubuz Moors western boundary is formed by the River Allen, a

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of the

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. It flows under Moresk railway viaduct at the southern end of the reserve where 14 stone pillars of the original wooden structure stand alongside the replacement stone viaduct. The name Daubuz is pronounced ɔbzand comes from

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"D'Aubus".

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