Hemerdon Mine
Hemerdon Mine, also known as Hemerdon Ball Mine, Hemerdon Bal Mine and previously as Drakelands Mine is a tungsten and tin mine. It is located 11 km northeast of Plymouth, near Plympton, in Devon, England.Photo: Southwesterner, Public domain.
- Type: Quarry
- Description: tin mine in Devon, UK
- Also known as: “Drakelands Mine”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dartmoor Zoological Park and Treby Arms.
Dartmoor Zoological Park
Zoo
Photo: Smalljim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dartmoor Zoological Society is a 33-acre zoo just north of the village of Sparkwell, on the south-west edge of Dartmoor, in the county of Devon in the South West of England. Dartmoor Zoological Park is situated 1 mile southeast of Hemerdon Mine.
Treby Arms
Pub
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Treby Arms is a pub, which is situated 1 mile southeast of Hemerdon Mine.
Miners Arms‘ Public House
Pub
Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Miners Arms‘ Public House is situated 1¼ miles south of Hemerdon Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cornwood and Plympton.
Cornwood
Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cornwood is a village in Dartmoor, in the English county of Devon. The village sits within the Dartmoor National Park.
Plympton
Town
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is in origin an ancient stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down river to Plymouth and was the seat of Plympton Priory the most significant local landholder for many centuries. Plympton is situated 2½ miles southwest of Hemerdon Mine.
Leigham
Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leigham is the name of an area of the city of Plymouth in the English county of Devon. Originally a hamlet and manor separate from the city, urban expansion of the 20th century has meant that the area has become widely built up. Leigham is situated 3½ miles west of Hemerdon Mine.
Hemerdon Mine
- Categories: tin mine and industry
- Location: Sparkwell, South Hams District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.41518° or 50° 24′ 55″ northLongitude
-4.01496° or 4° 0′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C2QCX8P+32OpenStreetMap ID
way 492980487OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarryWikidata ID
Q5711318
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