UK Grid Reference: SW533297
Latitude: 50°6'55"N
Longitude: 5°27'4"W
A copper mine, producing 6,675 tons of copper during its period of activity from 1845 to 1856. A single walled shaft can still be identified today in a corner of a field overlooking Mount's Bay. Located about 0.5 km W of Perranuthnoe.
Ref.: B. Atkinson: Mining Sites in Cornwall, Vol. 2, Dyllansow Truran (1994).
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