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Summary

Two shafts are depicted on 19th and early 20th century maps at Wheal Sydney Tin Mine, either side of a comma-shapes earthwork mound. Neither the mound nor the shafts were identifiable from aerial photographs or lidar derived imagery.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 910308
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX55NE/158

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SHAFT (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Two 'Shafts' with an adjacent spoil heap shown on 19th century map at 'Wheal Sydney (Tin disused)' mine.

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

Two 'Old Shafts' shown on early 20th century map at 'Wheal Sydney (Disused)' either side of a comma-shapes earthwork spoil mound. The western shaft is shown as a small circular feature and the eastern shaft as a small square feature.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, RAF/106G/UK/1190 RP 3252-3253 27-FEB-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363067.

The shafts and spoil mound are not readily identifiable under light tree cover.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, SX55NE (Cartographic). SDV337243.

Two shafts visible at SX55145942 and SX55155941. This maybe related to Wheal Sydney mine.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5559 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

The shafts and spoil mound are not readily identifiable, possibly due to poor data resolution in this area.

National Monuments Record, 2002, 910308 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV343958.

Other details: NMR Number SX55NE25.

Fletcher, M., 2002, The Archaeological Landscape of Crownhill Down and Ridding Down: Survey Report (Report - Survey). SDV343412.

Other details: Figure 3 and Crownhill Down Survey.

Ordnance Survey, 2009, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV341569.

'Shaft (disused)' shown on modern map at 'Wheal Sydney (disused)'.

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 shafts and comma-shapes earthwork mound depicted on 19th and early 20th century maps at Wheal Sydney Tin Mine were not identifiable from the aerial photographic or lidar derived imagery available to the survey. The site is largely obscured by trees on most of the available imagery, and dense tree cover limited the effectiveness of the lidar data in this location. It is therefore possible that the shafts and mound survive as earthworks and structures. However, vegetation cover is light on aerial photographs of 1946, and the shafts and mound are not readily identifiable, whereas a large circular hollow or pit is visible in this approximate location. It must be considered possible that the shafts and mound have been levelled by later activity.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4559 - Archaeological Landscape of Crownhill Down and Riddding Down
• 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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