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HER Number:MDV130709
Name:Adit, Virtuous Lady Mine

Summary

Partially open adit driving east, on the east side of a track. The corridor is currently blocked by a fallen tree. A moderate spoil heap is sited to the west, beyond the track in an area of old streamworkings.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 473 696
Map Sheet:SX46NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishBuckland Monachorum
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishBUCKLAND MONACHORUM

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX46NE48
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 1468710

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • ADIT (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

'Level (disused)' depicted on the modern mapping.

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 4738 6960. Partially open adit driving east, on the east side of a track. The corridor is currently blocked by a fallen tree. A moderate spoil heap is sited to the west, beyond the track in an area of old streamworkings. (Newman, P., 28-SEP-2007, EH Archaeological Field Investigation).

Sources / Further Reading

SDV364015Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2021. MasterMap 2021. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #130279 ]
SDV364039Website: Historic England. 2021-2022. NRHE to HER website. https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/NRHE. Website.

Associated Monuments

MDV5458Part of: Virtuous Lady Copper Mine (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:May 10 2021 3:27PM