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| HER Number: | MDV124657 |
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| Name: | Bray's Shaft, Tavistock Canal Tunnel |
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Summary
One of the eight shafts constructed on the course of the Tavistock Canal Tunnel on Morwelldown in the early 19th century. This shaft lies within Morwelldown Plantation.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 454 711 |
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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
- SHAFT (Constructed, XIX - 1804 AD to 1811 AD (Between))
Full description
Waterhouse, R., 2017, The Tavistock Canal. Its History and Archaeology, 363, 372, 378, fig 10.72, 10.74, 10.81, 10.99 (Monograph). SDV361789.
Eight shafts were sunk on the line of the tunnel, of which seven were completed (Remfry's was aborted due to hitting an Elvan dyke 16 fathoms from the surface).
Bray's Shaft was the deepest of the tunnel shafts at 63 fathoms (115.21 metres) and was sunk between 1804-1811. It lies within Morwelldown Plantation. This shaft has surviving lengths of well-preserved shallow flat-rod trenches either side. This shaft lies in the immediate vicinity of another shaft, probably sunk by the Canal Company's Mining Department in 1816-21 on Holming Beam North Lode. The dumps of both shafts have been combined, creating confusion in differentiating them, which is exacerbated by later 20th century quarry of their dump material to their north-west.
Bray's shaft is the southern of the two, with a part-filled mouth within a wire fence and a large pit, possibly for a V-bob, in the south-western edge of its misshapen dump. The unnamed mine shaft to the north-east is much more obvious than the tunnel shaft, with a large conical pit marking the site of the collapsed shaft-collar and well-preserved circular embanked horse engine track.
Earthwork plan of Bray's Shaft included in publication.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV361789 | Monograph: Waterhouse, R.. 2017. The Tavistock Canal. Its History and Archaeology. The Tavistock Canal. Its History and Archaeology. Paperback Volume. 363, 372, 378, fig 10.72, 10.74, 10.81, 10.99. [Mapped feature: #115030 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV4069 | Part of: Tavistock Canal Tunnel (Monument) |
| MDV124666 | Related to: Air Shaft, Tavistock Canal Tunnel (Monument) |
| MDV79932 | Related to: Hitchen's Shaft, Tavistock Canal Tunnel (Monument) |
| MDV114364 | Related to: Holming Beam middle lode, Morwell Down (Monument) |
| MDV124658 | Related to: Mine Shaft, Morwelldown Plantation (Monument) |
| MDV124663 | Related to: Remfry's Shaft, Tavistock Canal Tunnel (Monument) |
| MDV124665 | Related to: Rowe's Shaft, Tavistock Canal Tunnel (Monument) |
| MDV79951 | Related to: Taylor's Shaft, Tavistock Canal Tunnel (Monument) |
| MDV124659 | Related to: Williams' Shaft, Tavistock Canal Tunnel (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8013 - Survey of the Tavistock Canal Tunnel on Morwelldown
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 17 2019 1:45PM |
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