Twelveheads

Twelveheads

Twelveheads is a hamlet in the Carrick district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. It lies between Truro and Redruth.Twelveheads is close to [http://www.cornish-mining.org.uk/sites/whbusy.htm Wheal Busy] and the Poldice Valley and also the [http://www.chycor.co.uk/holidays/cycling-in-cornwall/tramway/coast_to_coast.htm Coast to Coast cycle route] .

Twelveheads has a small Methodist chapel.

The name comes from the village's mining history. Sets of stamps (machines used for crushing ore) were once used on the dressing floors in the village. The stamps had a total of twelve 'heads'.

In Twelveheads there is also the 'Twelveheads Gate' into the Poldice Valley - the path of the mineral tramway, popular with cyclists, horseriders and walkers.

On walking around Twelveheads, the former village pub and post office, both now private housing, can be seen.

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