Why The West Of England Is Sitting On The Most Valuable Land In Human History

Everyone thinks the West Country is just Britain’s holiday coast — surf, cream teas, and cliff-top views. Underneath it sits one buried rock that made four separate civilisations rich across four thousand years, from Bronze Age tin to the lithium in your car battery. We count down 35 things the postcards leave out, and why the land that made this coast priceless is quietly turning on the people who live on it. Stay to the end, because the final fact rewrites every one before it. RIGHT NOTICE: The Copyright Laws of the United States recognize a “fair use” of copyrighted content. Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act states: “Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.” This video may contain certain copyrighted works not specifically authorized by the copyright holder(s), but which are believed in good faith to be protected under fair use. Fair Dealing: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (UK) section 30 also permits fair dealing for criticism, review, and quotation with sufficient acknowledgement.