Wheal Rose Explained
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 50.25°N -5.21°W |
Official Name: | Wheal Rose |
Shire County: | Cornwall |
Region: | South West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Camborne and Redruth |
Post Town: | Redruth |
Postcode District: | TR16 |
Postcode Area: | TR |
Os Grid Reference: | SW7144 |
Wheal Rose is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, in the Redruth[1] and St Agnes parishes.[2]
History and antiquities
North-west of Wheal Rose are the remains of an Iron Age building, a terraced field system, and an excavation pit.[3] [4] It was also used during the Roman period from 43 to 410 AD.[3]
Cornish wrestling
Cornish wrestling tournaments, for prizes, were held in Wheal Rose in the 1800s.[5] [6]
Religion
Wheal Rose had a Bible Christian chapel.[7]
Notes and References
- http://www.explorebritain.info/locality-cornwall-wheal-rose-sw7144 Wheal Rose.
- http://mapping.cornwall.gov.uk/AreaProfiles/E01018825.pdf Porthtowan and Wheal Rose.
- http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1137598 Monument No. 1137598 - Wheal Rose Area Iron Age building and terraced field.
- http://www.pastscape.org.uk/maps.aspx?a=0&hob_id=1137598&criteria=St%20Agnes%20Cornwall%20Iron%20Age&search=all&rational=q&recordsperpage=10&sort=4 Monument No. 1137598 - Wheal Rose Area Iron Age building and terraced field - map.
- Royal Cornwall Gazette, 12 August 1826.
- The Exeter Flying Post or, Trewman's Plymouth and Cornish Advertiser, 10 August 1826, p2.
- http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/MountHawke/index.html#ChurchHistory Church History.