Wheal Rose
Wheal Rose | |
Cornwall | |
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On the Mineral Tramway west of Wheal Rose | |
Location | |
Grid reference: | SW717449 |
Location: | 50.260694, -5.203344 |
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Postcode: | TR16 |
Local Government | |
Council: | Cornwall |
Wheal Rose is a village in Cornwall, in the Redruth and St Agnes Parishes. It is named after the mine around which the village grew up.
History and antiquities
North-west of Wheal Rose was an Iron Age building, a terraced field system, and an excavation pit.[1] Archaeological dating suggest that the system was used into the Roman period.
Churches
Wheal Rose had a Bible Christian chapel.[2]
Outside links
("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Wheal Rose) |
References
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 1137598 – Wheal Rose Area Iron Age building and terraced field
- ↑ Church History. Mount Hawke. GENUKI