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Wheal Busy

England
List entry 1021392
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021392
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
8.82 hectares
Grid reference
SW 73830 44537, SW 73935 44829, SW 74219 44773
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Wheal Busy is a tin mine located in Cornwall, England, dating from the medieval or early modern period. The site represents the long history of tin extraction in Cornwall, a resource that was economically vital to the region for centuries. Like many Cornish mines, Wheal Busy exploited tin-bearing deposits through underground working, with surface evidence of mining activity including waste heaps and structural remains. The specific details of its operational phases and technical features are recorded in the national heritage record under NHLE list entry 1021392.

Wheal Busy is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021392. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Wheal Busy?

Wheal Busy is a tin mine located in Cornwall, England, dating from the medieval or early modern period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021392.

Who is responsible for protecting Wheal Busy?

Wheal Busy 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 1021392.

What other scheduled monuments are near Wheal Busy?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gunpowder storage complex at Kennall Vale (7.1 km), Gunpowder works at Kennall Vale (7.4 km), Cross in the Vicarage Garden (7.6 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Wheal Busy

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Gunpowder storage complex at Kennall Vale
7.1 km
Gunpowder works at Kennall Vale
7.4 km
Cross in the Vicarage Garden
7.6 km
Wayside cross in St Stithians churchyard
7.7 km
Round barrow 350m north of Devichoys Barton
7.7 km
Three round barrows 430m north east of Devichoys Barton
8 km
Wayside cross 290m west of Trevales Farm
8.6 km
Wayside cross 100m south east of Tretheague House
8.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Wheal Busy

Wheal Busy stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

Domesday entry for Tolgullow, Cornwall →
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