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HER Number:33247.01
Name:BOSIGRAN - Post Medieval water wheel, Post Medieval wheel pit

Summary

One of the three water wheels at Bosigran stamping mill recorded in 1841.

Grid Reference:SW 4301 3714
Parish:Zennor, Penwith, Cornwall
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Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Cornwall SURVEY NAME (temporary): NT 94497, CCRA 81
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 33247.01

Monument Type(s):

Full description

One of the three water wheels at Bosigran stamping mill recorded in 1841 (b1). Spargo notes large wheels, 25 feet and 24 feet in diameter (b1); this wheelpit will be the site of one of these. It was planned at 1:200 in 1982 (h1, b4-6) and was visited by Herring in 1986 (h2, b7). The wheelpit is attached to the north east corner of the upper spalling floor (33247.11) and to the south east of the upper dressing floor (33247.04). It would have worked a battery of stamps immediately to its west; the pits west wall doubling as the revetment for the main stamping platform. The pit is stone lined and 9.6m long, 1.8m wide. The wheel was served by leat 33247.6 which was sufficiently high above the wheel for it to have been an over shot wheel. No bearing stones were recorded (b7).

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Site history:
1: 1982. THACKRAY, D / NT
2: 1986. HERRING, PC / CAU
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Sharpe, A, 2012, Porthmeor Stamps, Zennor, Cornwall 0 Archaeological recording of the spalling floor walling prior to works (Cornwall Event Report). SCO25383.

<1> Spargo, T, 1865, The Mines of Cornwall (Bibliographic reference). SCO4470.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1880s, 1st Edition 1:2500 Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4048.

<3> Noall, C, 1982, St Ives Mining District, 107 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3994.

<4> Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Field Drawing (GRE), GRE 2128, 42, 43, 51, 75 (Cartographic materials). SCO5089.

<5> Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 198-, Drawing Archive, Hanging (GRH), GRH 241-4 (Cartographic materials). SCO5088.

<6> CAU, 1984, Field Survey Context Card, 79-118 (Bibliographic reference). SCO5175.

<7> Herring, PC, 1987, Bosigran, Zennor, 52, 141-148 & FIGS 35-39 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3569.

Sources / Further Reading

---SCO25383 - Cornwall Event Report: Sharpe, A. 2012. Porthmeor Stamps, Zennor, Cornwall 0 Archaeological recording of the spalling floor walling prior to works.
[1]SCO4470 - Bibliographic reference: Spargo, T. 1865. The Mines of Cornwall.
[2]SCO4048 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1880s. 1st Edition 1:2500 Map.
[3]SCO3994 - Bibliographic reference: Noall, C. 1982. St Ives Mining District. 107.
[4]SCO5089 - Cartographic materials: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. Field Drawing (GRE). GRE 2128, 42, 43, 51, 75.
[5]SCO5088 - Cartographic materials: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. 198-. Drawing Archive, Hanging (GRH). GRH 241-4.
[6]SCO5175 - Bibliographic reference: CAU. 1984. Field Survey Context Card. At CAU. 79-118.
[7]SCO3569 - Bibliographic reference: Herring, PC. 1987. Bosigran, Zennor. Copy At CAU. 52, 141-148 & FIGS 35-39.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • ECO3760 - Porthmeor Stamps recording (Ref: 2012019)
  • ECO4155 - Reconstruction and Stabilisation Work, Porthmeor Stamps (Ref: CGH/7317)

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33247Part of: BOSIGRAN - Undated stamping mill (Monument)

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