Whiteworks


Tin Mine

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot



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Devon
Princetown
50.522425, -3.95602
SX 6144 7101
Open Access
351m
#10,959


An extensive tin mine with numerous shafts situated on the edge of Foxtor Mire has become heavily overgrown over time. Most of the mine buildings have disappeared, although a row of workers’ cottages and the dressing floor below them on the other side of the lane still remain (as of September 2003). The mine ceased operations around 1876.


Publications (2)

  • Atkinson M. (1978); Dartmoor Mines (Mines of the granite mass)
  • Greeves, Tom (1996); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 13-2 Win - Tin Smelting in Devon in the 18th and 19th Centuries; 7 pages (84-90)


Whiteworks The extensive remains of tin mining activities overlooking Fox Tor MireDSCF1907



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