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Summary

A rough hewn shaft approx 6.1m deep and 2.4m in diameter surrounded by a 4ft 6in high brick wall on a concrete base.

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 15434: POST-MEDIEVAL BREASTWORK, CURTAIN WALL AND ASSOCIATED DEFENSIVE STRUCTURES ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE GARRISON, ST MARY'S

Other References/Statuses

• National Mapping Programme (Morph No.): 60.2.11
• National Monuments Record: SV 81 SE 514
• National Record of the Historic Environment to Historic Environment Records data transfer
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1445693
• Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 7908.12

Monument Type(s):

• WELL (20th Century - 1901 AD to 2000 AD)

Full description

A rockcut well which first appears on the 1907 1:2500 OS map, recorded as a circular feature within a square enclosure or structure which is marked 'W' (for well) (b1). It doe not appear on the 1888 map, which shows this area as a quarry (7905.19). The 1907 map also shows a straight boundary running from its south west corner to meet the Garrison wall at right angles just south east of Bartholomew battery (7906.28) (b1). The Adams in 1984 describe a rough hewn shaft approx 20 feet (6.1m) deep and approx 8 feet (2.4m) in diameter surrounded by a 4ft 6in (1.37m) high brick wall on a concrete base and suggested it was either an undeveloped well or a tin mining probe (b3). This is probably associated with the 1900s fortifications (b4). The monument is included in the Schedule. The site is visible on aerial photographs (p1) and was plotted as part of the NMP.
(b4) - Parkes, C, 1994, Pers Comm, ,

Visited in 2005 (4): A very deep, rock cut well enclosed at ground level by a circular brick wall and covered by a padlocked grill.

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Site history:
1: 1990. PARKES, C AND HERRING, P/CAU
2: 1990. JOHNSON, ND/CAU
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<1> Ordnance Survey, 1900s, 2nd Edition 1:2500 Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4050.

CAU, 1987, CAU/F14/106,149 (Photographic Record). SCO17007.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.

<3> Adams, F & P, 1984, Star Castle and its Garrison, 104 (Bibliographic reference). SCO2717.

<4> Field Investigator's Comments, EH/Fletcher, M. 2005. (Survey). SCO29739.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• ECO3128 - Garrison Walls, Isles of Scilly, conservation plan
• ECO6309 - The Garrison, St. Mary's: Survey

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