Goon Gumpas

Goon Gumpas is a hill and a small settlement in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is two miles (3 km) east of Redruth[1] in a former mining area at grid reference SW 747 427. Just to the south is the mining sett of the former Wheal Maid.[2] It is in the civil parish of Gwennap.

Part of Goon Gumpas (in the mid-distance on the right) as seen from Wheal Maid

References
  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
  2. Dines, H. G. (1956). The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England. Volume I. London: HMSO. p. 416.


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