Wheal Castle (Boswedden Mine)
Wheal Castle (Boswedden Mine) is a ruins in St Just in Penwith, West Cornwall, England. Wheal Castle (Boswedden Mine) is situated nearby to the ruins Chimney, as well as near Lower Boswedden Cliff.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ballowall Barrow and Cape Cornwall Chimney.
Ballowall Barrow
Archaeological site
Photo: Frances Watts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballowall Barrow is a prehistoric funerary cairn which Ashbee and Hencken state contains several phases of use from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. It is situated on the cliff top at Ballowall Common, near St Just in Cornwall, England, UK. Ballowall Barrow is situated 3,400 feet south of Wheal Castle (Boswedden Mine).
Cape Cornwall Chimney
Ruins
Photo: Hanton01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cape Cornwall Chimney is a ruins, which is situated 2,500 feet southwest of Wheal Castle (Boswedden Mine).
Porthledden House
House
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Porthledden House is situated 1,400 feet south of Wheal Castle (Boswedden Mine).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kenidjack Valley and Boscean.
Kenidjack Valley
Locality
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kenidjack Valley, sometimes referred to as Nancherrow Valley, is a steep-sided valley in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The Tregeseal River flows down the valley and discharges into the Atlantic a few hundred yards north of Cape Cornwall, half-a-mile north-east of the village of St Just.
Boscean
Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boscean is a hamlet in the civil parish of St Just, on the Penwith peninsula in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, approximately half-a-mile northwest of St Just.
Botallack
Hamlet
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Botallack is a village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies along the B3306 road which connects St Ives in the east to the A30 road, near Land's End.
Wheal Castle (Boswedden Mine)
- Type: Ruins
- Categories: building and historic site
- Location: St Just in Penwith, West Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.13145° or 50° 7′ 53″ northLongitude
-5.70031° or 5° 42′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C2P47JX+HVOpenStreetMap ID
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chimney and Lower Boswedden Cliff.
Nearby Places
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