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| HER Number: | MDV130707 |
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| Name: | Adit, Virtuous Lady Mine |
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Summary
SX 4736 6976. An open adit which drives slightly east of north, near the summit of the ridge. A rock-cut corridor with straight vertical sides runs south from the portal and is transacted by the Lady Bertha Leat, below which is a spoil heap of material carted from the adit.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 473 697 |
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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
- ADIT (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 6976. An open adit which drives slightly east of north, near the summit of the ridge. A rock-cut corridor with straight vertical sides runs south from the portal and is transacted by the Lady Bertha Leat, below which is a spoil heap of material carted from the adit. (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: #130275 ] |
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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 3:17PM |
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