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Summary

The dressing floors of the stamping mill at Bosigran are shown on the 1876 OS map

Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Cornwall SURVEY NAME (temporary): NT 94490, CCRA 124-8
• Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 33245.20

Monument Type(s):

• DRESSING FLOOR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

The dressing floors of the stamping mill at Bosigran are shown on the 1876 OS map. This shows seven circular buddles and eleven rectangular tanks arranged downhill and to the north east of the engine house. The site was planned at 1:200 by CCRA and the NT in 1982 (h1). Only one round buddle was located in the dense blackthorn and willow scrub; this was circa 3.0m in diameter and 0.6m deep with a stone lining and, apparently, no central cone. Six rectangular tanks were located, four of which were stone lined and up to 0.6m deep. The other two survived as earthworks (b6).

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Site history:
1: 1982. THACKRAY, D / CCRA, NT
2: 1986. HERRING, PC / CAU
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<1> Barton, DB, 1965, The Cornish Beam Engine, 223-224 (Bibliographic reference). SCO2788.

<2> Noall, C, 1982, St Ives Mining District, 107 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3994.

<3> Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Field Drawing (GRE), GRE 2129 (Cartographic materials). SCO5089.

<4> Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 198-, Drawing Archive, Hanging (GRH), GRH 68245 (Cartographic materials). SCO5088.

<5> CAU, 1984, Field Survey Context Card, 120-128 (Bibliographic reference). SCO5175.

<6> Herring, PC, 1987, Bosigran, Zennor, 49-52, 133 -134 & FIGS 31 & 32 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3569.

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