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Luna (Wheal Luna) Tin Mine (United Kingdom)


Ancient openwork mining near and in cliff. Back-filled adit at top of cliff path steps.
Appears to have been at work at the same time as Polberro, as dates in both mines are only one year apart; 1770 and 1771 respectively.

Parish: ST.AGNES

Data courtesy of Roy Fellows and Roy Morton

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Last updated February 21st 2012 by pat
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Last updated December 31st 2007 by royfellows

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Other location/mapping information:

Latitude: 50.3204493767347
Longitude: -5.20332940545948
Landranger grid reference: SW720517
Easting: 172000
Northing: 051700

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Major Mining Region



Luna Tin Mine belongs to the St Agnes - Newquay region.