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Wheal Trewavas copper mine 310m south of Trewavas

England
List entry 1021324
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021324
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.27 hectares
Grid reference
SW 59936 26551
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Wheal Trewavas is a copper mine located near Trewavas in Cornwall, England. The site represents the industrial mining activity characteristic of Cornwall's copper boom in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The surviving physical remains include engine house foundations and associated mining infrastructure typical of this period of extraction. The mine forms part of the broader landscape of Cornish mineral exploitation that constituted a significant economic driver for the region during the Georgian and Victorian eras.

Wheal Trewavas copper mine 310m south of Trewavas is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021324. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Wheal Trewavas copper mine 310m south of Trewavas?

Wheal Trewavas is a copper mine located near Trewavas in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021324.

Who is responsible for protecting Wheal Trewavas copper mine 310m south of Trewavas?

Wheal Trewavas copper mine 310m south of Trewavas 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 1021324.

What other scheduled monuments are near Wheal Trewavas copper mine 310m south of Trewavas?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wheal Prosper pumping engine house 210m south of Eastcliff Farm (0.7 km), Trevena Cross (2.3 km), Pengersick Castle and associated building platform (2.6 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Domesday
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Civil War
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Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Wheal Prosper pumping engine house 210m south of Eastcliff Farm
0.7 km
Trevena Cross
2.3 km
Pengersick Castle and associated building platform
2.6 km
Round cairn 225m NNW of Tregonning Hill House
3 km
Multi-period archaeological landscape on Tregonning Hill
3.7 km
Wayside cross and cross slab in St Michael's churchyard
6 km
Wayside cross at the junction between Cross Street and Church Street, Helston
6 km
Two round barrows on Pedngwinian Head
7.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Wheal Trewavas copper mine 310m south of Trewavas

Wheal Trewavas copper mine 310m south of Trewavas stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

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