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Pumping Mount (Ruins)
Challacombe, Chagford, Devon
Grid ref: SX 6834 8012 Find this on the Map Reference Finder
Main image: Remains of wheelpit, Golden Dagger Mine - 6 metres from location - image by Guy Wareham (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
The broken stonework speaks more powerfully than any interpretation board, a structure built to serve industry, now reclaimed by heather and time.
- Period: Victorian
- Grid reference: SX 6834 8012 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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