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HER Number: | MDV130704 |
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Name: | Season Shaft, Virtuous Lady Mine |
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Summary
The position of the shaft is not conspicuous but a semicircular cutting into the slope may be all that remains. A circular hollow just below is a possible whim plat and a moderate stony spoil heap below that represents the waste material hauled up this shaft.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 473 698 |
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Map Sheet: | SX46NE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Buckland Monachorum |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | BUCKLAND MONACHORUM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX46NE48
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1468710
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MINE SHAFT (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website (Website). SDV364039.
(28/09/2007) Shafts adits and other surface evidence of copper extraction at Virtuous Lady Mine. SX 4736 6982. Season Shaft. The position of the shaft is not conspicuous but a semicircular cutting into the slope may be all that remains. A circular hollow just below is a possible whim plat and a moderate stony spoil heap below that represents the waste material hauled up this shaft. (Newman, P., 28-SEP-2007, EH Archaeological Field Investigation).
Sources / Further Reading
SDV364039 | Website: Historic England. 2021-2022. NRHE to HER website. https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/NRHE. Website. [Mapped feature: #130272 ] |
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Associated Monuments
MDV5458 | Part of: Virtuous Lady Copper Mine (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | May 10 2021 3:09PM |
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