Cotehele Consols Mine Chimney, Near Calstock, East Cornwall, UK
N 50° 30.196 W 004° 13.503
30U E 413125 N 5595305
A lonely chimney in East Cornwall.
Waymark Code: WM7CG3
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/05/2009
Views: 3
This chimney can be located in woodland in the lower Danescoombe Valley near Calstock. There are many chimneys like this in this part of Cornwall.
Callington, Calstock and Gunnislake Mines are part of the Tamar Valley Mining District. These mines worked an important group of tin and copper lodes whose outcrops can be found from Callington and Kit Hill eastwards to the edges of Dartmoor, crossing the Tamar Valley between Luckett and Calstock and centred on the village of Gunnislake.
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Public or Private Propery: There is a public footpath close to the chimney.
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