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| HER Number: | MDV124666 |
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| Name: | Air Shaft, Tavistock Canal Tunnel |
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Summary
No longer extant, this was one of the eight shafts constructed on the course of the Tavistock Canal Tunnel on Morwelldown in the early 19th century.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 460 722 |
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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
- VENTILATION SHAFT (Constructed, XIX - 1804 AD to 1811 AD (Between))
Full description
Waterhouse, R., 2017, The Tavistock Canal. Its History and Archaeology, 363, 373, 377, 379, fig 10.80 (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).
Two air shafts of small dimensions were sunk to about 7 fathoms (12 metres) each early in the tunnel driving process (1804-1807), close to the north and south portals. They have no names. Site of the northern air shaft shown on measured plan. Waterhouse does not include the other air shaft on plans.
The northern air shaft is capped at surface but can be viewed from within the tunnel. It was small but could have accommodated a single ladderway but appears to have been designed to take a stream of water from the surface, which drew fresh air with it, to draw out blasting fumes.
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, 373, 377, 379, fig 10.80. [Mapped feature: #115041 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV4069 | Part of: Tavistock Canal Tunnel (Monument) |
| MDV124657 | Related to: Bray's Shaft, Tavistock Canal Tunnel (Monument) |
| MDV79932 | Related to: Hitchen's Shaft, Tavistock Canal Tunnel (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
- EDV7058 - Archaeological Management Plan, Buctor Farm, Tavistock (Ref: 2015R055)
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 17 2019 1:47PM |
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