The well known ornamental stack which crowns the summit of Kit Hill was built in 1858 for the Kit Hill Great Consols/ Kit Hill United mining complex.
The chimney stack is a well known landmark in south East Cornwall. It stands on one bastion of a pentagonal earthwork which is thought to have been an 18th century folly.
The chimney served a steam engine, located in an adjacent engine house, that pumped water and lifted ore from the deep mine workings.
For many years various antennae have been attached to the stack today mainly serving mobile phone providers. A small building at the base housing the switch gear.
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