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| HER Number: | MDV114356 |
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| Name: | Shaft Pit West of Lumburn |
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Summary
Mine shaft visible on aerial photographs as a circular earthwork pit west of Lumburn is part of North Crebor Mine, started in 1815 when a copper lode was discovered in 1815 at the north end of the lower pound of the Collateral Cut canal branch. Mine was ultimately unsuccessful.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 455 729 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX47SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Gulworthy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | TAVISTOCK |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MINE SHAFT (XIX to Unknown - 1815 AD (Post))
Full description
Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, RAF/CPE/UK/2149/3143-4 (Interpretation). SDV346287.
Transcriptions of an earthwork pit, possibly a mine shaft visible on aerial photographs RAF/CPE/UK/2149/3143-4 corresponds with a database record of a mine shaft west of Lumburn.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2016, Backlog Recording of the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Survey (Personal Comment). SDV359374.
The aerial photograph reference given in the Tamar Valley NMP transcription attributes is incomplete; the date of the photograph is not included.
Waterhouse, R., 2017, The Tavistock Canal. Its History and Archaeology, 176-7, 333, figs 6.28, 10.30 (Monograph). SDV361789.
Shaft of North Wheal Crebor; an unsuccessful mine started when a copper lode was discovered in 1814 at the north end of the lower pound of the Collateral Cut canal branch to Mill Hill Mines. This part of the cut may date to 1815 as a means of carrying away the mine's produce.
Shaft and an adit are shown on the 1867 Estate Map, the mine was trialled in earnest between 1821-28 by the Canal Company and a waterwheel was re-erected near the adit tail of North Wheal Crebor in the early 1820s. Abandoned in 1828, it appears to have been worked between 1829-1839 by the Tavistock Consolidated Mines Adventurers.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV346287 | Interpretation: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. 2001-2002. Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records. National Mapping Programme. Map (Digital). RAF/CPE/UK/2149/3143-4. [Mapped feature: #73694 ] |
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| SDV359374 | Personal Comment: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2016. Backlog Recording of the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Survey. Not Applicable. |
| SDV361789 | Monograph: Waterhouse, R.. 2017. The Tavistock Canal. Its History and Archaeology. The Tavistock Canal. Its History and Archaeology. Paperback Volume. 176-7, 333, figs 6.28, 10.30. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV18721 | Related to: Mill Hill Cut Canal Branch to Millhill Quarry (Monument) |
| MDV123286 | Related to: North Crebor Mine Adit (Monument) |
| MDV114428 | Related to: Shafts at Wheal Crebor House (Monument) |
| MDV123232 | Related to: Tavistock Canal, Main record (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6911 - Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 1 2018 7:38PM |
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