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Summary

The powder magazine for the Bedford Consols Mine, to the south of the ore shute wall at New Quay. Built in 1867 it is a rectangular single-storey shed with no features other than a doorway. The walls stand up to six feet high, which is above the level of the quay.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 900501
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX46NE/551/1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• POWDER MAGAZINE (XIX - 1853 AD to 1853 AD)

Full description

OS 1953, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV256465.

The powder magazine of the bedford consols exists as a ruined single-storey shed with no features other than a door opening. Built before 1867 (gaskell- brown). This is visible on 1906 25" map (os 1906). Also on 1953 map (os 1953).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV256466.

Gaskell-brown, l. /new quay:an archaeological and historical survey/(1980) 44(sketch)(in smr).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV256467.

Des=os 25" map/(1906)copy on worksheet.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV256468.

Des=os 25" map/(1953).

Gaskell Brown , C. + Coleman-Smith, R., 1982, The Archaeology of New Quay, Devon, 148 (Article in Serial). SDV336506.

The powder magazine for the Bedford Consols Mine, to the south of the ore shute wall at New Quay. Built in 1867 it is a rectangular single-storey shed with no features other than a doorway. The walls stand up to six feet high, which is above the level of the quay. Other details: Figure 8.

Buck, C., 2006, Gawton Mine, Devon: Archaeological Assessment, 25 (Report - Assessment). SDV344672.

Powder House built between June and July 1853. The building retains all its walls and the lower half of both gable ends. It is 4.0 metres wide externally, but approximately 3.0 metres wide and 4.0 metres long internally. The side walls are 2.0 metres in height from ground level to the tops of the walls and 3.0 metres above ground level to the top of the south wall, but only 1.0 metre high at the north wall, which contains the doorway on its west side. Other details: Figure 35, site 5; figure 17 (photograph).

National Monuments Record, 2010, 900501 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV344673.

Powder magazine, built in 1867 for the Bedford Consuls Mine. Other details: SX46NE29. Last updated 2000.

Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.

Houghton, P., 2015, An Archaeological and Historical Report on New Quay Nr Tavistock Devon Volume One, 107-109, fig 8, 135-137 (Report - Assessment). SDV363202.

The wall heights vary between 1.0 metre and 2.4 metres high (0.5 metres thick). The doorway is in the north-west end of the building. Slope from the ore shute retaining wall into the woods constructed recently from clearance debris.
At the time of the survey, the gunpowder hut was overgrown with vegetation and the floors could not be seen. Drawing included showing the remains of the building (fig 137) and image of the current vegetation levels (fig 135).

Clive Meaton, 2023, Gawton Mine, Devon- Costed and Prioritised Proposals for Capital Works for the Conservation and Management of Gawton Mine Scheduled Monument (Redacted Costs Version), 38 (Report - Survey). SDV366131.

The building was illustrated on the 1864 Bedford Estates map and 1882 Ordnance Survey map. In 2006, the internal dimensions were recorded as 3 metres wide by 4 metres long, with side walls surviving up to 2 metres high, the south wall to 3 metres high and the north wall to 1 metre high. The west side wall contained the doorway.
The building was assessed to be of archaeological and historical interest. It was recommended that the interior should be cleared of debris with any trees growing from the walls removed, and thereafter the masonry should be repointed with lime mortar, and the walls capped to prevent water ingress. Bedford Mine Magazine was located beyond the Site boundary, so was not surveyed. Other details: Site No. 5.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4746 - Archaeological Assessment of Gawton Mine, Devon
• EDV4747 - Field Survey of Gawton Mine

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