Ding Dong mines, Madron and Sancreed

Name: Ding Dong mines
Address: Madron and Sancreed, United Kingdom

#5 among attractions in Madron and Sancreed

Top attraction, Archaeological site

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The Ding Dong mines lie in an old and extensive mining area situated in the parish of Madron, in Penwith, Cornwall, England. They are about two miles north east of the St Just to Penzance road. They look out over Mount's Bay and St Michael's Mount to the south west. Since 2006 the site has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site, part of Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape. ()

Coordinates: 50°9'15"N, 5°35'35"W

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Ding Dong mines – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Madron Well, Mên-an-Tol, Lanyon Quoit, Boskednan stone circle.

1.2 miSE
Church
Madron Well, Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
32 min walk • Madron Well and Madron Well Chapel is a scheduled Ancient Monument in the civil parish of Madron, Cornwall, UK. Madron Well Chapel is the ruin of a 12th- or 14th-century chapel dedicated to St Madern and occupies the site of a much older Celtic structure.
0.6 miNW
Iconic Bronze Age stone monument
Mên-an-Tol, Madron and Sancreed
16 min walk • The Mên-an-Tol is a small formation of standing stones in Cornwall, UK. It is about three miles northwest of Madron. It is also known locally as the "Crick Stone".
0.5 miSW
Prehistoric site, Ruins
Lanyon Quoit, Madron and Sancreed
14 min walk • Lanyon Quoit is a dolmen in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 2 miles southeast of Morvah. It collapsed in a storm in 1815 and was re-erected nine years later, and as a result the dolmen is now very different from its original appearance.
0.4 miN
Prehistoric site
Boskednan stone circle
12 min walk • Boskednan stone circle is a partially restored prehistoric stone circle near Boskednan, around 4 miles northwest of the town of Penzance in Cornwall, United Kingdom.
0.7 miNW
Memorial
Mên Scryfa, Pendeen
19 min walk • Mên Scryfa is an inscribed standing stone in Cornwall, United Kingdom.
1.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Watch Croft, Pendeen
30 min walk • Watch Croft is a prominent hill, 252 metres high overlooking the north coast of the Cornwall, UK. Its prominence of 225 metres qualifies it as a Marilyn, one of only five in Cornwall.
~1290 ftSW
Prehistoric site
Bosiliack Barrow, Pendeen
7 min walk • Bosiliack Barrow is a barrow on the Penwith Moors between Madron and Morvah near the hamlet of Bosiliack in Cornwall, UK. The barrow is Neolithic and was excavated in 1984, causing little disturbance to the ancient site.
0.4 miSE
Prehistoric site
Carfury Standing Stone, Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
11 min walk • Carfury Standing Stone is a standing stone in Penwith, Cornwall, about 4km northwest of Penzance. Also called Cuckoo Rock, the stone stands around 3m tall and is 0.7m wide by 0.4m thick.
1.2 miNE
Archaeological site
Mulfra Quoit, Penzance
31 min walk • Mulfra Quoit is a Neolithic dolmen in the county of Cornwall in England. It stands on Mulfra Hill to the north of the hamlet of Mulfra.

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Nearby attractions include Bosiliack Barrow, Pendeen (7 min walk), Carfury Standing Stone, Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (11 min walk), Lanyon Quoit, Madron and Sancreed (14 min walk), Mên-an-Tol, Madron and Sancreed (16 min walk).