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Summary

The site of Colcharton Copper Mine is depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map. Earthworks and structures associated with the mine were recorded from aerial photographs and visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 as part of the Tamar Valley NMP and Tamar/Lidar surveys.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX47SE/35

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• COPPER MINE (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
• SPOIL HEAP (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Earthworks and structures labelled as 'Colcharton Mine (Copper, disused)' are shown in this location.

Ordnance Survey, 1880s, Ordnance Survey (Cartographic). SDV848.

Site of 'Colcharton Mine (Copper, disused)' shown on OS 25" (1880s & 1906) maps in the northeast corner of the field with several earthworks & buildings to the north & south. Other details: Also on OS 25" (1906) map.

Ordnance Survey, 1905/1938, 105SE (Cartographic). SDV215664.

'Colcharton Mine (Copper, disused)' marked on OS 6" (1905/1938) map.

Finberg, H. P. R., 1945, Morwell, 169 (Article in Serial). SDV215737.

Colcharton Mine enjoyed some success in the extraction of copper during the 19C.

Ramsden, J. V., 1952, Notes on the Mines of Devonshire, 91 (Article in Serial). SDV60737.

C13 Colcharton. Plan. Bedford Estate Office Tavistock. Copper.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, RAF/CPE/UK/2149/3143-4 (Interpretation). SDV346287.

Transcriptions of an earthwork pit, possibly a mine shaft, trackway and structural evidence visible on aerial photographs RAF/CPE/UK/2149/3143-4 corresponds with a database record of a copper mine at Colcharton.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Tellus LAST RETURN 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV363955.

A sub-oval bank is visible as an earthwork.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2016, Backlog Recording of the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Survey (Personal Comment). SDV359374.

The aerial photograph reference given in the Tamar Valley NMP transcription attributes is incomplete; the date of the photograph is not included.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2020-2021, Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 1 (AI&M project) (Interpretation). SDV363945.

A sub-oval bank, circa 33 metres long by 17 metres wide, is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013.
It corresponds with an earthwork depicted in this location on the late 19th century First Edition Ordnance Survey map and is interpreted as a possible spoil heap associated with Colcharton Mine.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6911 - Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme
• EDV8345 - Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 1 (AI&M) (Ref: ACD2380)

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