Wheal Ellen
The engine house with the castellated chimney on the left side of the road from Mount Hawke to Porthtowan marks the site of Wheal Ellen. Wheal Ellen was a copper mine created in 1834 by a merger of two former mines. Over 24,000 tones of copper were sold before the mine closed in 1862. The engine house was built for a re-opening in 1866 but a nationwide financial crisis resulted in the project being aborted. The engine was never fitted and it is rumoured that the builder of the engine house was never paid.
On walks
- Porthtowan to Chapel Porth (4.7 mile walk)
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The app will direct you to the start of the walk via satnav.
The app guides you around the walk using GPS, removing any worries about getting lost.
The walk route is described with detailed, regularly-updated, hand-written directions.
Each time there is a new direction to follow, the app will beep to remind you, and will warn you if you go off-route.
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Each walk is packed with information about the history and nature along the route, from over a decade of research than spans more than 3,000 topics.
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The app counts down distance to the next direction and estimates time remaining based on your personal walking speed.
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