Dartmoor landscape near Hexworthy
This is just to the south of the centre of Dartmoor National Park. Hexworthy is a hamlet that lies on the West Dart River a mile upstream from Dartmeet. Historically in the parish of Lydford, since 1987 it has been in the civil parish of Dartmoor Forest. There was a long history of tin mining near Hexworthy. Tin works in the valley of the O Brook, just below the camera, were first recorded in 1240, and the Henroost or Hexworthy Mine did not close until 1919. A detailed description of the various methods of tin mining (and recovery) on Dartmoor can be found at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmoor_tin-mining.
Dartmoor landscape near Hexworthy
This is just to the south of the centre of Dartmoor National Park. Hexworthy is a hamlet that lies on the West Dart River a mile upstream from Dartmeet. Historically in the parish of Lydford, since 1987 it has been in the civil parish of Dartmoor Forest. There was a long history of tin mining near Hexworthy. Tin works in the valley of the O Brook, just below the camera, were first recorded in 1240, and the Henroost or Hexworthy Mine did not close until 1919. A detailed description of the various methods of tin mining (and recovery) on Dartmoor can be found at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmoor_tin-mining.