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For many people the engine houses at Botallack are the iconic image of Cornish mining, for others it maybe Wheal Coates near St Agnes or perhaps Wheal Prosper near Rinsey. All of these are fine examples of Cornish Tin mining, but one site which is most certainly worth a visit is Wheal Peevor near Redruth Grid Ref SW709442
Wheal Peevor forms an important part of the Cornish Mining Heritage landscape with its three engine houses
View from the winding engine house to the pumping engine house.
The bases for the stamps which crushed the broken ore to a fine sand and pulp.
Three of the 13 buddles. These circular pits with raised central sections. These were used to treat the pulp
View looking back to the three engine houses from the walls of the old settling tanks
Taken inside the winding engine house. There is a lot of wildlife in this area.
The remains of the two calciners
View across the Wheal Peevor site
The majestic engine houses
Slightly off the Wheal Peevor site and hidden in the trees a wonderful engine house which is now being reclaimed by nature.
The stamps engine house with the pumping engine house in the background
The Winding engine house (foreground) and pumping engine house
The magnificient winding engine house
The three bundles
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