Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
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| Place | Tolgus Mount |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.240165 |
| Longitude | -5.248657 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Tolgus Mount emerges from the Cornish landscape as a quiet witness to the industrious spirit of a bygone age. It lies 1.1 miles west-north-west of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 292°T, OS grid SW 684 428), and is situated east of Illogan village. The light here catches the rough textures of the earth, where the ghosts of mining chimneys stand as solemn sentinels over the undulating ground. A short distance away, the Tolgus Arsenic Works Calciner remains as a stark, skeletal reminder of the heavy toil that once defined the rhythm of these valleys. Visitors seeking to understand the ingenuity of the past often wander toward the nearby Moseley Heritage Museum, where the mechanical heart of the region is preserved in brass and iron. Tolgus Mount itself maintains a modest composure, its lanes winding through a terrain that feels both worn by labour and softened by the persistent return of wild gorse and heather. The air carries a sharp, clean clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the distant stone walls, lending the horizon a distinct and sombre grace. Even now, the memory of the deep shafts and the clatter of the ore-crushers lingers in the stillness, grounding Tolgus Mount in a history that refuses to be entirely forgotten.
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Explore Tolgus Mount, Cornwall, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.240165, -5.248657. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |