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Birch Tor and
Vitifer mine was a tin mine on Dartmoor, Devon, England.
Located in the
valley of the
Redwater Brook, to the east of the B3212 Moretonhampstead...
- It lies on the Two
Moors Way and
remains of
Headland Warren farm and
Vitifer Mine are also in the
valley nearby.
Hookney Tor is
named after the nearby...
- and 1:25000
Ordnance Survey maps, such as that
serving the now-defunct
Vitifer mine near the
Warren House Inn.
Notable leats include: Drake's Leat, constructed...
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renamed the inn. In his day the inn was
frequented by
miners from the
nearby Vitifer and
Golden Dagger tin mines.
Coaker later recounted two
incidents that...
- "mine" or "works"). Some
larger mines, however, such as
Eylesbarrow and the
Vitifer –
Birch Tor
complex were
productive for many years.
Almost all of the underground...
- later. Some of the more
significant mines were Eylesbarrow,
Knock Mine,
Vitifer Mine and
Hexworthy Mine. The last
active mine in the
Dartmoor area was...
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Bridges is one of the
markers of the
parish boundary, and the
Birch Tor and
Vitifer tin
mining area is nearby. In the
north of the parish, the
small settlements...
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radiometric dating techniques place mineralisation as seen at the
Birch Tor and
Vitifer tin
mines at
around 277 Ma b.p.
Geological evidence such as the occurrence...
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stands for "Warren Bounds") and as one of the
bounds of the
mining sett of
Vitifer Mine. Its
survival here is
probably due to its use as a
boundary marker:...
- of the
Dartmoor tin mines,
along with
Whiteworks and the
Birch Tor and
Vitifer mines. Its name has
several variant spellings, such as Eylesburrow, Ailsborough...
