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Industrial Archaeology

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

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The Hensroost (Mine, dis)

Weathered tin mine ruins nestled in Dartmoor's moorland, testament to centuries of mineral extraction on the high ground.

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Tin Workings

Nattor

Medieval and later tin workings scarring the moorland, revealing centuries of mining that shaped Dartmoor's landscape and economy.

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Tinners Hut

A weathered stone shelter hidden in Dartmoor's high moorland, built by tin miners centuries ago.

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Tinners Works

Scattered stone structures and shallow workings reveal where tinners once extracted wealth from Dartmoor's granite moorland.

Tinners' building near Stannon Tor
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Tinners' building near Stannon Tor

Remains of a stone building from Dartmoor's tin mining era, standing in the upland newtake landscape north west of Stannon Tor.

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Tinners' Hut

A stark stone shelter from Dartmoor's tin-mining heyday, offering glimpses of the miners who worked this high moorland.

Tinworks, Headland Warren
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Tinworks, Headland Warren

Scheduled Monument with tinworks, field systems, settlements, warren and Bronze Age cairns near Headland Warren.