Knack Mine (Steeperton Mine) Building

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16 (1%) of Registered Dartefacters have visited this item. They are: Peter Brooks, The_greenman, Max Piper, SteveGrigg, Amanda Ellis, Sheron, Fr66, Neil Handley, Fidget, GlavindStrachan, BevDickinson, Dartmoor Paul, tiamaria, Joy Topping, John Deakins, SueRogers

Look in the gullies for a boulder with ‘WV’ inscribed onto it – this is the Wheal Virgin (another name for the mine) boundstone. There is also an adit located here. The River Taw passes through this narrow valley where it enters Steeperton Gorge.

Acknowledgement: Many thanks to Peter Brooks to supplying the Featured Image and to Steve Grigg for updating the NGR.

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