Rule’s Shaft

Rule’s Shaft is a mine in St Cleer, Cornwall, England. Rule’s Shaft is situated nearby to the ruins Holman’s Shaft Pumping Engine House (South Caradon Mine), as well as near Clyma’s shaft.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Caradon Hill and Trethevy Quoit.

Caradon Hill

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Caradon Hill is on Bodmin Moor in the former Caradon district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The summit is 371 metres above mean sea level. Caradon Hill is on the southeastern edge of the moor; it is between the villages of Minions, Upton Cross, Pensilva and Darite.

Trethevy Quoit

Archaeological site

Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Trethevy Quoit is a well-preserved megalithic structure between St Cleer and Darite in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is known locally as "the giant's house". Trethevy Quoit is situated 1 mile southwest of Rule’s Shaft.

The Hurlers

Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.

The Hurlers is a group of three stone circles in the civil parish of St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK. The site is half-a-mile west of the village of Minions on the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor, and approximately four miles north of Liskeard. The Hurlers is situated 1 mile northwest of Rule’s Shaft.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crow’s Nest and Darite.

Crow’s Nest

Hamlet

Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Crow's Nest is a village in Cornwall, England. It is located within the civil parish of St Cleer, on the southeastern edge of Bodmin Moor, 3 miles north of the town of Liskeard.

Darite

Hamlet

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Darite is a village in the civil parish of St Cleer, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is three miles north of Liskeard.There is one pub, The Crows Nest, from where a track leads up the Gonamena valley to Minions.

Minions

Hamlet

Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Minions is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor northwest of Caradon Hill approximately four miles north of Liskeard.

Rule’s Shaft

Type: Mine
Categories: historic site and industry
Location: St Cleer, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.50275° or 50° 30′ 10″ north

Longitude

-4.4414° or 4° 26′ 29″ west

Open location code

9C2QGH35+3C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4339035828

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=mine

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=mineshaft

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rule’s Shaft Engine House (South Caradon Mine) and Holman’s Shaft Pumping Engine House (South Caradon Mine).

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