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and used as a base for outdoor activities. Other buildings, related to previous mining or farming activities, lie in ruins, interspersed with the fenced-off remains of mine shafts. These ruins, combined with the surrounding geography, make
Whiteworks a popular location for hikers, especially on
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is central to the history of settlement at
Whiteworks, which was once home to one of Dartmoor's largest tin mines. The original cottages and their inhabitants were related to this industry, until the area became used increasingly for farming in the 20th century. The site has now largely been
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Hexworthy Mine. Around the turn of the century, a new farmhouse had also been constructed, and with the cessation of mining activity, the land around Whiteworks was increasingly used for livestock farming and breeding animals such as ponies.
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Whiteworks is situated in an area of open moorland about 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of
Princetown, overlooking the notoriously dangerous Fox Tor Mires. A difficult path leads across the mires to
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methods, previously impossible on the difficult
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walks starting in
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