Wheal Owles | |
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Type | industrial heritage, mine |
Coordinates | 50°8′3″N 5°41′16″W / 50.13417°N 5.68778°W |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | ii, iii, iv |
Designated | 2006 (30th session) |
Part of | Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape |
Reference no. | 1215 |
Region | Western Europe |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Cargodna Pumping House, West Wheal Owles |
Designated | 22 October 1993 |
Reference no. | 1115109 |
Wheal Owles was a tin mine in the parish of St Just in Cornwall, UK and the site of a disaster in 1893 when twenty miners lost their lives. Since 2006 it has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site – Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape. The mine is within the Aire Point to Carrick Du Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and the South West Coast Path passes along the cliff.