Wheal Caroline Mine, Devon
Moretonhampstead: grid reference SX670809
Wheal Caroline, otherwise known as Caroline Wheal Prosper is situated two and a half miles west of Buckfastleigh on Dartmoor. The mine has no recorded output and is best regarded as a prospect for tin from its Williams' Shaft.
Other nearby mines and their main ores
Bushdown (approx. 1.4 km)
Golden Dagger (approx. 1.5 km; TIN)
Birch Tor and Vitifer (approx. 1.7 km; TIN & IRON ORE)
Brimpts North (approx. 6.1 km; TIN)
Great Wheal Eleanor (approx. 6.9 km; TIN)
Brimpts South (approx. 7.1 km; TIN)
Great Weeke Consols (approx. 8.0 km; TIN)
Hexworthy (approx. 8.3 km; TIN)
Gobbett Tin Mine (approx. 8.4 km; TIN)
Wheal Cumpston (approx. 8.6 km; TIN)
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