Poldark Filming at Wheal Owles

Wheal Owles by Cornwall in Focus

It looks like Poldark filming is taking place at Wheal Owles at St Just in Cornwall.

Last week @RobertDawes tweeted 'Off to Cornwall to get bewigged and strut my semi-funky stuff again in Poldark. Charlestown Harbour on Monday. Next week St. Just.'

And now the Mine Exploration Forum of aditnow say that a replica horse whim seems to have been erected and the engine house appears to be having some temporary wooden bits added to it.

Wheal Owles has quite a history as it was the scene of a mining disaster in 1893 where 20 people died. According to West Penwith Resources this  was how it was reported by the Cornishman of Thursday, 12 Jan, 1893, “19 men and a boy died in the watery darkness of Wheal Owles, at St Just in Penwith. A terrible roar was heard by the 40 men and boys working deep underground at Wheal Owles mine”

You can read more about Wheal Owles (pronounced 'Oals) at Cornwall in Focus