Penrose, Wheal


Lead and Tin Mine
Worked from 16thC to 1830s

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot


Cornwall
Porthleven
50.079712, -5.308417
SW 6340 2520
Private Land
36m
#8,799

Including Wheal Unity. Scattered dumps east of Porthleven.

16th;17th 1720s -1758 1836-1845 1830s

Publications (4)

  • (1921); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXI - Lead, Silver and Zinc: Cornwall, Devon, Somerset; 88 pages
  • Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages
  • NMRS; British Mining 48 - Memoirs 1993; pp.68,71.
  • NMRS; British Mining 59 - Memoirs 1997; pp.97-99,101-103.

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