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Summary

K2 wheal jewell. Kingsett. Lead (ramsden).

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork and walling remains of late 19th/ early 20th century Wheal Jewell Tin and Copper Mine Large; a large mining complex including a number of shafts, trial pits, streamworks and ruined buildings stretching east-west across Kingsett and Horndon Down

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/46
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MINE (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV214494.

Ramsden, j. V. /tda/84(1952)97/notes on the mines of devonshire. K2 wheal jewell. Kingsett. Lead (ramsden).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV214495.

Harris, h. /industrial archaeology of dartmoor/(1968)208. Wheal jewell was opened for tin in 1865 on the site of earlier workings and was in production as recently as 1911 and 1924, in the later years being worked in conjunction with wheal friendship. Arsenic was also produced (harris).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV214496.

Aph=raf/cpe/uk/1995 4383,4384(13/4/1947).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV214497.

Richardson, p. H. G. /the mines of dartmoor and the tamar valley after 1913/(1992)47-49 fig 6. Wheal jewell dates back to the end of the 18c. Last major activity was 1912-18 when worked for tin and arsenic. Details of workings, engines etc given (richardson).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV214498.

Des=os 6"(1907)98nw. "wheal jewell (disused)" marked on os 6" (1907) and 6" (1965) maps (os).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV214499.

Des=os 6"(1965).

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

"Wheal Jewell (Tin and Copper, disused)" and the features of the mine indicated on the map. Map object based on this source.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Ordnance Survey, 1930 - 1939, Fourth Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV336668.

Reservoir and mining remains depicted.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Large mining complex stretching east-west across Kingsett and Horndon Downs. Large number of shafts, some marked as disused on Ordnance Survey maps. Lines of single file, densely packed trial pits at SX 5155 8124 and SX 5180 8127. To the east, scrub appearing in agricultural land apparently shows the previous extent of mining activities. Western limit of mining area SX 5145 8122, eastern limit SX 5323 8115. Streamwork SX58SW/158 to the north streamwork.

Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.

Remains of the mine indicated on the modern mapping. Map object based on this source.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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