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Summary

Extractive pits or quarries and associated trackways are depicted on late-19th century and early 20th century maps, just north of the summit of the hill to the north-west of Buttspill. The Old Quarry might mark the site of a former silver mine. Earthwork pits are identifiable on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX46NW/524

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (XIX to Edwardian - 1801 AD to 1906 AD (Between))
• MINE (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV148.

Silver mine marked on os 1" of 1809. Traces of quarrying are marked on os 6" 1962 (os).

HENRY, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV234825.

Possibly silver mine associated with c15 tenement at buttspill (henry).

1954, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV271342.

'quarries' and 'old quarry' marked on os 6" (1907) map; site visible on os 6" (1954) map (os).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV271344.

Osa=sx46nw10.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV271345.

Des=os 1"(1809).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV271346.

Des=os 6"(1907)111nw.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV271347.

Des=os 6"(1954).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV271348.

Des=dyer, m. J. + manning, p. T. /objective 5b: lower tamar valley recreation + land management initiative: cultural heritage appraisal/(1998)43/ea report 98.60.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV271349.

Des=henry, a. /tda/133(december 2001)17-96/silver + salvation: a late fifteenth century confessors itinerary throughout the parish of bere ferrers, devon/copy in pf.

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

A pit is depicted annotated as Old Quarry.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Two or three pits are depicted annotated as Old Quarry and Quarries. The pits are served by a trackway.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 19-APR-2019 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

Pits, spoil heaps and a curvilinear hollow are visible as earthworks.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2020-2021, Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology (AI&M project) (Interpretation). SDV363945.

Irregularly shaped pits and curvilinear hollows are identifiable as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019 near the summit of the hill to the north-west of Buttspill.
The visible earthworks correspond in part with a pit depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25inch map annotated as Old Quarry, but more closely correspond with pits and an associated trackway depicted on the 1906 Ordnance Survey Second Edition 25inch map, annotated as Quarries and Old Quarry respectively.
The visible pits are therefore probably the remains of extractive pits or quarries of late-19th century origin that expanded into the early 20th century.
The ‘Old Quarry’ earthworks might incorporate the former silver mine described by the above authority.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8345 - Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology (AI&M) (Ref: ACD2380)

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