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.

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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 St Maurice.

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 St Maurice

Suburb

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 St Maurice is situated 2½ miles southwest of Hemerdon Mine.