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Summary

Tunnel mine. A copper lode was discovered in the parish of bickleigh (1858) when the leebeer tunnel on the plymouth to tavistock railway was being driven. A prospectus was issued in 1859 and the name altered the following year to bickleigh vale phoenix. In 1862 the operation was suspended (hamilton jenkin). Vis=30/7/1982 (gray). There is a triangular opening in the ground with stone walling sides each 3m long, in knowle wood near to where wheal lopez leat enters a culvert (gray).

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Structural remains of a tunnel section of the 19th century Plymouth and Dartmoor railway and tunnel mine at Leighbeer, Bickleigh

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SW/232
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MINE (XIX - 1858 AD to 1862 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV147108.

Hamilton jenkin, a. K. /mines of devon/117.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV147109.

Des=gray, v. /parish checklist.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV3506.

Tunnel mine. A copper lode was discovered in the parish of bickleigh (1858) when the leebeer tunnel on the plymouth to tavistock railway was being driven. A prospectus was issued in 1859 and the name altered the following year to bickleigh vale phoenix. In 1862 the operation was suspended (hamilton jenkin). Vis=30/7/1982 (gray). There is a triangular opening in the ground with stone walling sides each 3m long, in knowle wood near to where wheal lopez leat enters a culvert (gray).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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