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Wheal Betsy, best described by its National trust notice (see below), approaching from the north.
Legendary Dartmoor, Mine Exploration Forum, West Devon record.
Sketch map of the Wheal Betsy Mine, redrawn from the British Mining Journal of many years ago. Interesting to see so many shafts so close to a water course.
Closer.
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Self-explanatory ....
Self-explanatory.
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Chimney entrance .....
As previous, with flash used.
View north from the top of the tip.
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Another male stonechat.
Yellow Brain fungus, golden jelly fungus, the yellow trembler, and witches' butter, Tremella_mesenterica, frequently found on dead gorse.
Inside the engine house, on the north side - a large hole.
Another view.
Photo & caption taken from 2nd Sept. 2009: Annie Pinckum's Men, a line of stones by the road, named after a local woman who "was kind" to the miners.
Bell Heather, with flowers only at the tips of the stems, also here (all three, with cross-leaved heath, on the Legendary Dartmoor web site) ....
Bell heather.
Artistic attempt.
Wheal Betsy. standing on ground that appears almost to be spoil.
Modern sheep creep, water and food supplement.
If you see this then you are in the wrong place! Don't enter the fields - walk around the outside on the open moor/
Mother and foal.
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