Holmbush, which is just within Stoke Climsland parish is the oldest mine in the area, and was working in the late 18th century. Much later it became part of the large Redmoor Mine complex which spread across Kelly Bray, and included the Kelly Bray mine, under the name of Callington United Mines.

Lead and Silver are found together in lodes running north and south above the Copper and Tin lodes running east and west.

The mine buildings are on Duchy of Cornwall and have recently been stabilised and can be visited. There is a free walks leaflet available and a more detailed one from the Heritage Centre.  Redmoor Mine buildings were demolished in the 1980s, Callington Heritage Centre has photographs of these.

South Kit Hill mine stands above Callington just beyond the parish boundary. The remains include the stack, the base of the engine house, other walls indicating the presence of other buildings, and clearly visible, the bases of 6 buddles.

Close to the mine is a diagram showing what it would have been like when in operation. This part of the drawing shows Callington in the background.

From either of the two fly wheel pits there is a good view to Callington and beyond.

There are three major mine workings on Kit Hill, and the stack is at the centre of one of them, the Kit Hill Great Consols mine.  Power was first provided by a windmill in the 1830s, but this was blown away during a storm. The mine reopened in 1840 mining copper, but the stack was not built till 1858 by the Kit Hill United Mine Go.,  mining tin and copper. Panoramic views can be enjoyed from its base.

For further information

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Callington Heritage Centre has information on local mines, photographs, original documents, mineral samples, etc.

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