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HER Number: | MDV28694 |
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Name: | Leebeer Mine, Bickleigh |
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Summary
Tunnel mine. A copper lode was discovered in the parish of bickleigh (1858) when the leebeer tunnel on the plymouth to tavistock railway was being driven. A prospectus was issued in 1859 and the name altered the following year to bickleigh vale phoenix. In 1862 the operation was suspended (hamilton jenkin). Vis=30/7/1982 (gray). There is a triangular opening in the ground with stone walling sides each 3m long, in knowle wood near to where wheal lopez leat enters a culvert (gray).
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 531 642 |
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Map Sheet: | SX56SW |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Bickleigh (SH) |
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Civil Parish | Meavy |
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District | South Hams |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | BICKLEIGH |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Structural remains of a tunnel section of the 19th century Plymouth and Dartmoor railway and tunnel mine at Leighbeer, Bickleigh
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SW/232
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MINE (XIX - 1858 AD to 1862 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV147108.
Hamilton jenkin, a. K. /mines of devon/117.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV147109.
Des=gray, v. /parish checklist.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV3506.
Tunnel mine. A copper lode was discovered in the parish of bickleigh (1858) when the leebeer tunnel on the plymouth to tavistock railway was being driven. A prospectus was issued in 1859 and the name altered the following year to bickleigh vale phoenix. In 1862 the operation was suspended (hamilton jenkin). Vis=30/7/1982 (gray). There is a triangular opening in the ground with stone walling sides each 3m long, in knowle wood near to where wheal lopez leat enters a culvert (gray).
Sources / Further Reading
SDV147108 | Migrated Record: |
SDV147109 | Migrated Record: |
SDV3506 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments
MDV28696 | Related to: Leebeere Tin Mine, Bickleigh (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Sep 6 2016 12:13PM |
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