Wheal Rose

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Wheal Rose
Cornwall
Sign on the Mineral Tramway west of Wheal Rose, Redruth - geograph-2049788.jpg
On the Mineral Tramway west of Wheal Rose
Location
Grid reference: SW717449
Location: 50.260694, -5.203344
Data
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

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References

  1. National Monuments Record: No. 1137598 – Wheal Rose Area Iron Age building and terraced field
  2. Church History. Mount Hawke. GENUKI