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Part of the mining complex at Wheal Peevor

England
List entry 1004247
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004247
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.35 hectares
Grid reference
SW 70723 44205
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Part of the mining complex at Wheal Peevor is a scheduled ancient monument representing the industrial heritage of Cornwall's tin and copper mining industry. The site comprises structural remains and archaeological features dating primarily to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when intensive mineral extraction shaped the Cornish landscape. Wheal Peevor exemplifies the technological and commercial development of Cornish mining during the period of greatest productivity, with physical evidence of mining operations integrated into the wider complex of engine houses, processing facilities, and associated infrastructure characteristic of this era.

Part of the mining complex at Wheal Peevor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004247. View the official record →

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What is Part of the mining complex at Wheal Peevor?

Part of the mining complex at Wheal Peevor is a scheduled ancient monument representing the industrial heritage of Cornwall's tin and copper mining industry.

Who is responsible for protecting Part of the mining complex at Wheal Peevor?

Part of the mining complex at Wheal Peevor is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1004247.

What other scheduled monuments are near Part of the mining complex at Wheal Peevor?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross in the Vicarage Garden (7.4 km), Wayside cross in St Stithians churchyard (7.5 km), Round cairn 185m NNW of Old Hilltop Farm (7.8 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Cross in the Vicarage Garden
7.4 km
Wayside cross in St Stithians churchyard
7.5 km
Round cairn 185m NNW of Old Hilltop Farm
7.8 km
Small stone circle known as the 'Nine Maidens' 60m east of Carthew House
8 km
Kerbed cairn called Hangman's Barrow
8.3 km
Wayside cross 100m south east of Tretheague House
8.4 km
Wayside cross in St John's churchyard, Treslothan
8.5 km
Wayside cross 290m west of Trevales Farm
8.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Part of the mining complex at Wheal Peevor

Part of the mining complex at Wheal Peevor stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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