Levant Mine. Area: A1

Ainsley Cocks © Cornwall Council

BRITISH NGR: SW 36821 34507, Lat/Long: 50°09' 07" N - 05° 41' 08" W

This much celebrated mine atop the cliffs in west Penwith retains the oldest steam powered beam engine in Cornwall and west Devon (c.1840) and was location of a serious accident on 20th October 1919, when the man-engine rod broke killing 31 miners and injuring many more.