Wheal Owles

Wheal Owles
Engine house
Typeindustrial heritage, mine
Coordinates50°8′3″N 5°41′16″W / 50.13417°N 5.68778°W / 50.13417; -5.68778
TypeCultural
Criteriaii, iii, iv
Designated2006 (30th session)
Part ofCornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
Reference no.1215
RegionWestern Europe
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameCargodna Pumping House, West Wheal Owles
Designated22 October 1993
Reference no.1115109
Wheal Owles is located in Cornwall
Wheal Owles
Location of Wheal Owles in Cornwall

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.