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Summary

Site of dressing floor buildings also known as Cobbing Sheds, Buctor Farm, Tavistock

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Structures, earthworks and below-ground mining features associated with Wheal Crebor Mine including a former canal and railway, east of Buctor Farm

Other References/Statuses

• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DRESSING FLOOR (XIX to XXI - 1883 AD to 2015 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Buck, C., 2015, Buctor Farm, Tavistock (Report - Assessment). SDV359746.

This study was commissioned by the landowner on behalf of Natural England as part of a Higher Level Environmental Stewardship Agreement Scheme and produced by Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council.

The sites of the two or three dressing floor buildings (not all cobbing sheds), are nearly visible, although obscured by much surface rubble. These buildings would have been constructed of timber frames with probably timber planking and timber roof. One of the buildings may have housed a copper ore ‘jigging house’, as shown on Figure 13 (1883 OS map).

Survey
The tramline routes to and from these buildings are visible – remnants of the stone revetted spoil tip walls survive to a height of 1.4m (see Fig 34) – the track beds are approximately 1.5m wide.

Significance
Medium
Given the general degradation of the site this would generally be of medium significance.

Recommendation
These sites should be retained, with a minimal amount it may cause collapse of the stone revetment walls.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7058 - Archaeological Management Plan, Buctor Farm, Tavistock (Ref: 2015R055)

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