Cornwall - Engine houses / Mine Buildings
Carn Brea Mine
The Stepped Chimney Stack of the Carn Brea Mine at Tregajorran.
The adjoining stamps-engine house was built in 1837 for a 32 in engine to drive initially 40 Cornish Stamps .
Stamps were used to crush the ore to a fine sand.
Carn Brea monument in the distance.
The ruins are at the Western end of Carn Brea Sett , one of the largest Setts in Cornwall ,
which ran from Tregajarron to near Carn Brea Village.
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Location : South West of Redruth off a FP from Tregajarron , on an untidy and boggy piece of common land .
Ref: 5731
Date: 12/05/2018
Location: SW 6737 4093