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Summary

Hemerdon and Broomage China Clay Works, comprising a clay-drying plant including sheds, settling beds and kilns, at Galva, on the slopes of Hemerdon Ball. The site is depicted on 19th and early 20th century maps and visible as structures and earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s and 1950s. Settling tanks and chimneys remain visible and depicted on the current OS MasterMap.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX55NE/71

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CLAY WORKINGS (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV137260.

Harris, h. /industrial archaeology of dartmoor/(1968)217.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV137261.

Aph=raf/106g/uk/1190 3249-3250(24/2/1946).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV137262.

Turton,s. D. +weddell,p. J. /an arcchaeological assessment of the south devon spine main (roborough to littlehempston)/(1989)9/(emafu report 89.15)/in smr.

RCHM APP 1985, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV26818.

Visible on raf 1946 ap (rchm app 1985).

SX55NE/72, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV137257.

Hemerdon and broomage china clay works. The remains of a clay-drying plant, including sheds, settling beds and kilns, at galva. The clay treated here was obtained from pits at smallhanger (sx55ne/72) (harris).

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, RAF/106G/UK/1190 RP 3249-3250 27-FEB-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363067.

Structures and earthwork pits were visible.

Royal Air Force, 1950, RAF/540/335, RAF/540/335 PFFO-0058 14-MAY-1950 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363165.

Structures and earthwork pits were visible.

Patterson, C.H., 1952, The History of Paignton (Monograph). SDV362279.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX55NE12 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV137259.

Hemerdon and Broomage China Clay Works (disused).(OS 6" 1968)
The remains of a clay-drying plant including sheds, settling beds and kilns, at Galva, on the slopes of Hemerdon Ball. The clay treated here was obtained from pits at nearby Smallhanger. (Industrial Archaeology of Dartmoor 1968, 217, Harris, H.)

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5657 31-MAY-2016 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

The structures and earthworks are largely obscured from view by dense tree cover.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

The settling tanks and kiln chimneys of Hemerdon and Broomage China Clay Works are clearly visible as structures and earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946 and 1950.
The visible earthworks and structures closely correspond with those depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1880s 25inch First Edition map, and were not transcribed by the survey.
Settling tanks and chimneys remain visible and depicted on the current OS MasterMap base mapping, north and south of Galva House, but are largely obscured from view by dense tree cover on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2016.

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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