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Industrial Archaeology

Tin mines, blowing houses, tramways and quarries - the moor's industrial past.

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Bag Tor Mine

Ruined tin mine nestled on Dartmoor's high moorland, where granite outcrops and heather mark centuries of mineral extraction.

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Bal Mine

Remnants of tin mining activity on the open moor, where shallow workings scar the granite landscape.

Bidlake Mill and leat
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Bidlake Mill and leat

Remains of a historic mill and its water channel on the edge of Dartmoor, evidence of medieval or early modern industrial use.

Blackaton Ball tin mill
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Blackaton Ball tin mill

Remains of a tin mill on Dartmoor, a scheduled monument from the industrial era of moor tin extraction.

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Blowing House

Ruined tin smelting works tucked into Dartmoor's moorland, where 18th-century industry shaped the landscape.

Blowing house on Down Ridge
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Blowing house on Down Ridge

Remains of a tin smelting works on Down Ridge, part of Dartmoor's medieval and post-medieval mining heritage.

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Blowing houses, Week Ford

Remains of tin-streaming and smelting works from the medieval or early modern period on the banks of Week Ford.