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| HER Number: | MDV72416 |
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| Name: | Kentisbeare, Whetstone Mines |
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Summary
Observations of a geotechnical pit excavated to investigate subsidence on the bridleway at this NGR revealed that the original ground level lay some 3m below current ground level.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 095 069 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST00NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Kentisbeare |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | KENTISBEARE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MINE (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Reed, S. J., 2005, Untitled Source (Site Visit). SDV325334.
Observations of a geotechnical pit excavated to investigate subsidence on the bridleway at this NGR revealed that the original ground level lay some 3m below current ground level. A buried soil, 0.15m thick was observed at a depth of c.3m and sealed by mine waste derived from whetstone mines upslope. The subsidence appears to have been caused by the collapse of a horizonal adit cut through the minewaste, buried soil and underlying in situ ground to access the whetstone strata at a lower level than the mine enterences upslope and as such represents a slightly later phase of mining. The adit measured c1.5m wide, its height could not be determined because of its collapse. See also PRNs 72417-9.
Simon Railton - Frederick Sherrell Ltd, 2006, Untitled Source (Un-published). SDV325335.
Geotechnical report prepared on behalf of Tiverton Local Service Group.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV325334 | Site Visit: Reed, S. J.. 2005. |
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| SDV325335 | Un-published: Simon Railton - Frederick Sherrell Ltd. 2006. Kentisbeare Whetstone Mines, Bridleway 41, Collapsed Mine Workings. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV110227 | Part of: Whetstone Mines Around North Hill, Black Down, Blackborough Common, Tower Plot and Newcombe Common (Monument) |
| MDV72417 | Related to: Kentisbeare, Whetstone Mines (Monument) |
| MDV72418 | Related to: Kentisbeare, Whetstone Mines (Monument) |
| MDV72419 | Related to: Kentisbeare, Whetstone Mines (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV3617 - Unnamed Event
- EDV3628 - Unnamed Event
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 13 2015 11:51AM |
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