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Summary

Upper track or tram, 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

• TRACKWAY (XIX to XXI - 1883 AD to 2015 AD)

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.

This feature is not shown on Figure 9, but may be shown on the 1883 OS map (Fig 13). Given the differing levels between the shaft site and the top of the adjacent spoil tip to the south – it appears likely that headgear erected over the shaft would have wound ore/waste rock brought up from the shaft. It may have been separated underground, with the obvious waste rock lifted up to an upper tramway running parallel to the alignment of the canal, and from there transported to the waste tip.

Survey
A flat track route 3.5 to 4m wide runs parallel to the canal from near Site 52.1 to Site 49.

Significance
Low

Recommendation
This site should be retained, with a minimal amount of disturbance.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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