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| HER Number: | 7900.01 |
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| Name: | GUNNERS WELL - Post Medieval well |
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Summary
The well which gave the nearby Well Battery its name from 1655.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SV91SW 30
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 7900.01
Monument Type(s):
- WELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
The well which gave the nearby Well Battery its name (7906.09). The battery was first so-named in 1655 (b1). It is shown as a circle on the 1742 map (b2), and called Castle Well by Heath in 1750. He noted its "exceedingly good water, esteemed the best thereabouts" and recorded that it was about 1 yard square and over 10 yards deep, its sides revetted with mortared stone but allowing "distillation of its springs through its sides near the bottom". It had a windlass and chain and was for the use of the Garrison (b3). Recorded as a rectangle in 1834 (b4) and on the 1884 and 1907 OS maps. A windmill was erected some time before or during WW1 and water was pumped into tanks just below the White House. The windmill and its vanes were blown to Star Castle one stormy night during WW1 (b8). It was called Gunner's Well because of its proximity to the Master Gunner's house, the White House (7905.05) (b7).
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Site history:
1: 1993. RATCLIFFE, J / CAU
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Thomas, AC, 1989, The names of the batteries on the Garrison, St Mary's Isles of Scilly (Article in monograph). SCO5161.
<1> UNKNOWN, 1655, A MAP OF THE HEW HILL THE CHEIFFE FFORTIFICATIONS, DD GO 575 (Unedited Source). SCO5445.
<2> UNKNOWN, 1742, A PLAN OF HUGH FORT ALIAS THE STAR CASTLE (Unedited Source). SCO5544.
<3> Heath, R, 1750, A Natural and Historical Account of the Islands of Scilly, 77-78 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3486.
<4> Birch, JF, 1974, Plan of the Garrison on the Island of Saint Mary, Scilly (Bibliographic reference). SCO2851.
<5> Ordnance Survey, 1880s, 1st Edition 1:2500 Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4048.
<6> Ordnance Survey, 1900s, 2nd Edition 1:2500 Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4050.
<8> OSBORNE, JP, 1990, SCILLONIAN WAR DIARY, 1914-18, VOL 2, APP 13 (Unedited Source). SCO8938.
Sources / Further Reading
| --- | SCO5161 - Article in monograph: Thomas, AC. 1989. The names of the batteries on the Garrison, St Mary's Isles of Scilly. From Cornwall to Caithness: some aspects of British field archaeology (BAR British Series 209). British Archaeological Reports. 251-259. |
| [1] | SCO5445 - Unedited Source: UNKNOWN. 1655. A MAP OF THE HEW HILL THE CHEIFFE FFORTIFICATIONS. DOCUMENT AT CRO. DD GO 575. |
| [2] | SCO5544 - Unedited Source: UNKNOWN. 1742. A PLAN OF HUGH FORT ALIAS THE STAR CASTLE. AT FORTRESS HOUSE. |
| [3] | SCO3486 - Bibliographic reference: Heath, R. 1750. A Natural and Historical Account of the Islands of Scilly. 77-78. |
| [4] | SCO2851 - Bibliographic reference: Birch, JF. 1974. Plan of the Garrison on the Island of Saint Mary, Scilly. At Hugh House. |
| [5] | SCO4048 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1880s. 1st Edition 1:2500 Map. |
| [6] | SCO4050 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1900s. 2nd Edition 1:2500 Map. |
| [8] | SCO8938 - Unedited Source: OSBORNE, JP. 1990. SCILLONIAN WAR DIARY, 1914-18. VOL 2, APP 13. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- ECO3128 - Garrison Walls, Isles of Scilly, conservation plan
Related records
| 7900 | Part of: THE GARRISON - Post Medieval fortification (Monument) |
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