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| HER Number: | MDV130697 |
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| Name: | Pit, Virtuous Lady Mine |
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Summary
Large, conical pit with a substantial spoil heap on the downslope side sited just below the Lady Bertha leat on a steep slope.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 479 697 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX46NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Buckland Monachorum |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BUCKLAND MONACHORUM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX46NE48
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1468710
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
Depicted on the early 20th century historic map.
Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website (Website). SDV364039.
(28/09/2007) Shafts adits and other surface evidence of copper extraction at Virtuous Lady Mine. SX 4800 6976. Sited just below the Lady Bertha leat on a steep slope, a large conical pit with a substantial spoil heap on the downslope side. A possible cutting for a horse whim exists behind the shaft although the leat now transects it (Newman, P., 28-SEP-2007, EH Archaeological Field Investigation).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #130263 ] |
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| SDV364039 | Website: Historic England. 2021-2022. NRHE to HER website. https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/NRHE. Website. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV5458 | Part of: Virtuous Lady Copper Mine (Monument) |
| MDV63802 | Related to: LEAT in the Parish of Buckland Monachorum (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 10 2021 2:30PM |
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