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Tin mining in Britain took place from prehistoric times, [1] during Bronze Age Britain, until the 20th century. Mention of tin mining in Britain was made by many Classical writers. Tin is necessary to smelt bronze , an alloy that played a vital cultural role during the Bronze Age .
The Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in south-west Devon re-opened as Drakelands Mine in 2015. [46] [4] In 1992, Geevor mine was acquired by Cornwall County Council as a heritage museum, which is now run by Pendeen Community Heritage. Both Geevor Tin Mine and Morwellham Quay have been selected as "anchor points" on the European Route of ...
The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape is a World Heritage Site which includes select mining landscapes in Cornwall and West Devon in the south west of England.The site was added to the World Heritage List during the 30th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Vilnius, July 2006.
Geevor Tin Mine is now a museum and heritage centre, covering an area of 67 acres (270,000 m 2) which makes it the largest preserved tin mining site in Great Britain. [2] It is an important part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape and was recognised by UNESCO in 2006.
Tin mining knowledge spread to other European tin mining districts from the Ore Mountains and evidence of tin mining begins to appear in Brittany, Devon and Cornwall, and in the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 BC. [2] These deposits saw greater exploitation when they fell under Roman control between the third century BC and the first century AD. [4]
The wheelpit at Huntingdon mine. The tin mining industry on Dartmoor, Devon, England, is thought to have originated in pre-Roman times, [1] and continued right through to the 20th century, when the last commercially worked mine (Golden Dagger Mine) closed in November 1930 (though it saw work during the Second World War), and "composite mines" such as those producing tin as a by- product, such ...
This list of mines in the United Kingdom is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. This list does not include collieries (which are given at List of coal mines in the United Kingdom ).
All of these mines were in the counties of Cornwall and Devon and, as of 2009, all have closed, the last to do so being South Crofty in 1998. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.