Engine House (Ding Dong Mine)
Engine House (Ding Dong Mine) is a tower in Madron, Cornwall, England. Engine House (Ding Dong Mine) is situated nearby to the ruins Crows Storage Chamber (Ding Dong Mine), as well as near the hamlet Boskednan.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Boskednan stone circle and Mên-an-Tol.
Boskednan stone circle
Archaeological site
Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Boskednan stone circle is a partially restored prehistoric stone circle near Boskednan, around 4 miles northwest of the town of Penzance in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Boskednan stone circle is situated 2,500 feet west of Engine House (Ding Dong Mine).
Mên-an-Tol
Archaeological site
Photo: Bkroll, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Mên-an-Tol is a small formation of standing stones in Cornwall, England. It is about three miles northwest of Madron. It is also known locally as the "Crick Stone". Mên-an-Tol is situated 1 mile west of Engine House (Ding Dong Mine).
Ding Dong mines
Archaeological site
Photo: Malcolm Kewn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Ding Dong mines lie in an old and extensive mining area in the parish of Madron, in Penwith, Cornwall. They are about two miles north east of the St Just to Penzance road and look over Mount's Bay and St Michael's Mount to the south west. Ding Dong mines is situated 2,500 feet southwest of Engine House (Ding Dong Mine).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boskednan and Bodrifty.
Boskednan
Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boskednan is a hamlet near Mulfra Hill northwest of Penzance in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in the civil parish of Madron. The Boskednan stone circle, also called the Nine Maidens of Boskednan, is nearby.
Bodrifty
Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bodrifty is the modern name of an Iron Age village, now in ruins, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 700 yards west of Mulfra Hill in Penwith District, 3 miles northwest of Penzance and 1.5 miles southwest of Porthmeor, on the high ground of the watershed between the Atlantic and the English Channel.
Carfury
Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carfury is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in Penwith approximately three miles northwest of Penzance. It is in the civil parish of Madron The 19th-century geologist Elizabeth Carne founded a school in Carfury.
Engine House (Ding Dong Mine)
- Type: Tower
- Categories: building, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Madron, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.15801° or 50° 9′ 29″ northLongitude
-5.58362° or 5° 35′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C2P5C58+6HOpenStreetMap ID
way 390207425OpenStreetMap feature
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historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tower
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Crows Storage Chamber (Ding Dong Mine) and Tredinnick Engine House (Ding Dong Mine).
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