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Summary

A china clay works was established here by the mid 19th century. Settling tanksare depicted on late 19th and early 20th century maps and visible as structures on aerial photographs of the 1940s. Whilst some have been levelled or infilled several tanks survive as structures into the early 21st century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CHINA CLAY WORKS (XIX - 1801 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))
• SETTLING TANK (XIX - 1840 AD (Between) to 1888 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Buildings and settling tanks are depicted.

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

Site marked as Tinpark. Settling tanks and other structures are shown.

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2494, RAF/CPE/UK/2494 RS 4065-4066 11-MAR-1948 (Aerial Photograph). SDV361461.

Buildings and settling tanks are depicted.

Ordnance Survey, 1969, OS/69296, OS/69296 V 015-016 29-JUN-1969 (Aerial Photograph). SDV361475.

Buildings and settling tanks are depicted, the row of circular tanks at SX59026077 levelled and replaced by new structures.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5860-SX5960 01-JUN-2002 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

The tanks are visible in neglected condition.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5960 03-MAY-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

The tanks are visible in neglected and levelled condition.

Kirkham, G., 2014, United Kingdom china-clay bearing grounds: mineral resource archaeological assessment, 26 (Report - Assessment). SDV359636.

The china-clay works are referred to in a travellers handbook for Devon and Cornwall published in 1851.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 19-SEP-2019 ACCESSED 22-OCT-2019 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

Dense vegetation obscures the remaining structures from view.

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

Some levelled tanks are depicted.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2021, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

Buildings and settling tanks at Headon China Clay Works are depicted on late-19th and early 20th century maps and visible as structures on aerial photographs of 1948.
Many tanks remain visible on aerial photographs of 1969, with a small number, as at SX59026077, levelled and replaced by new structures.
The remaining tanks can be seen in an overgrown condition on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2002, the building at SX58946075 ruinous or partly demolished, with further tanks infilled or levelled at SX59056074 by 2007.
Dense vegetation obscures the remaining structures from view on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2018, but they are partly depicted on the current MasterMap base map.
The tanks were not transcribed by the survey

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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