Botallack Mine
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Botallack Mine is a historic former tin and copper mine on Cornwall’s rugged Atlantic coast, famed for its dramatic cliffside engine houses and UNESCO-listed mining heritage.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
copper mine
ⓘ
former mine ⓘ heritage site ⓘ tin mine ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| county | Cornwall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalArea | Cornubian Batholith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Botallack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
adits
ⓘ
cliff-top mine buildings ⓘ coastal footpaths ⓘ mine shafts ⓘ ruined engine houses ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Crowns engine houses
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
engine house ⓘ |
| hasView | Atlantic cliffs ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Scheduled Monument
ⓘ
part of UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| isTouristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
copper mining heritage
ⓘ
dramatic cliffside engine houses ⓘ submarine mine workings extending under the sea ⓘ tin mining heritage ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cornwall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedNear | St Just NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnCoastOf | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| managedBy | National Trust ⓘ |
| materialExtracted |
arsenic
ⓘ
copper ⓘ tin ⓘ |
| mineralField | St Just mining district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| miningBegan | at least 17th century ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | Botallack village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyTown | St Just in Penwith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedAsMineUntil | late 19th century ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cornish Mining World Heritage Site
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cornish mining landscape NERFINISHED ⓘ Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
southwest England
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surface form:
South West England
|
| reopenedForMining | 19th century ⓘ |
| tourismCategory |
coastal attraction
ⓘ
industrial heritage attraction ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | World Heritage Site component ⓘ |
| usedAsFilmLocationFor | Poldark (BBC television series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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