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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Tolgus Mount

  

Tolgus Mount Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Tolgus Mount

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Tolgus Mount history

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Historically Tolgus was known for its tin mining. The area produced several hundred tons of black tin between 1847 and 1869. In 1884 the manor reportedly consisted of 212 tenements and 1006 acres.

Tolgus Mount geography / climate

Tolgus lies in the parish of Redruth to the northwest across the A30 road. It is spread over an area which is known as Tolgus, with parts such as West Tollgus and South Tolgu. Paynter’s Lane End lies to the north and North Country to the northeast.

You can visit Tolgus Mount places with Walkfo Tolgus Mount to hear history at Tolgus Mount’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Tolgus Mount has 64 places to visit in our interactive Tolgus Mount map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Tolgus Mount, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Tolgus Mount places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Tolgus Mount & the surrounding areas.

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64 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Tolgus Mount places to visit

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Tolgus Mount has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Tolgus Mount’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Tolgus Mount’s information audio spots:

Trevenson Trevenson (Cornish: Trevensyn) is in the parish of Carn Brea, between the towns of Camborne and Redruth in Cornwall, United Kingdom.

South Crofty South Crofty is a metalliferous tin and copper mine located in Pool, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It has seen production for over 400 years, and extends almost two and a half miles across and 3,000 feet (910 m) down and has mined over 40 lodes.

Dolcoath mine Dolcoath mine (Cornish: Bal Dorkoth) was a copper and tin mine in Camborne, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Its name derives from the Cornish for ‘Old Ground’, and it was also affectionately known as The Queen of Cornish Mines.

East Pool mine East Pool mine (later known as East Pool and Agar mine), was a metalliferous mine in the Camborne and Redruth mining area, just east of the village of Pool in Cornwall. Worked from the early 18th century until 1945, first for copper and later tin, it was very profitable for much of its life.

Carn Brea Castle Carn Brea Castle is a 14th-century grade II listed granite stone building. It was extensively remodelled in the 18th century as a hunting lodge in the style of a castle for the Basset family. The building is in private use as a restaurant.

South Wheal Frances Mine South Wheal Frances is a former mine accessing the copper and tin of the Great Flat Lode south of Camborne in Cornwall, England.

Carn Marth Carn Marth (Cornish: Karn Margh) is the name of a hill in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, near Redruth. It is 235 m (771 ft) high and is well known for the granite quarried from it in the past.

Nance Wood Nance Wood is a woodland Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) near Portreath, west Cornwall. Site was first notified in 1951 for its almost pure dwarf, sessile oak (Quercus petraea) coppiced woodland. Irish spurge (Euphorbia hyberna) found in only two localities in Britain.

Wheal Peevor Wheal Peevor was a metalliferous mine located on North Downs about 1.5 miles north-east of Redruth, Cornwall. The first mining sett was granted here in around 1701 on land owned by the St Aubyn family. The mine covered only 12 acres (4.8 ha) but had rich tin lodes.

Scorrier Scorrier is in the Gwennap Mining District of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site. The name “Scorrier” is first attested as Scoria in 1330. The Plymouth to Penzance railway line passes through the village and between 1852 and 1964 it had its own station.

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