Wheal Kitty

Wheal Kitty is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

It is located about half a mile north east of St Agnes on the Goonlaze Downs plateau.

The village was noted for the Wheal Kitty Mine with a depth of some 180 fathoms.

In ancient times tin was mined in the area.

It pumped water from Sara's Shaft and was reported to be some 950 feet deep.

The engine house and chimney at the old Blue Hills Mine, Wheal Kitty