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| HER Number: | MDV41483 |
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| Name: | Director's Shaft |
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Summary
Director's Shaft is one of 12 adits or shafts worked in the 19th century
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 588 463 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS54NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Combe Martin |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | COMBE MARTIN |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS54NE/12/6
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SHAFT (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Claughton, P. F., 1989, Untitled Source (Correspondence). SDV89406.
Old Combmartin Mine. One of 12 adits or shafts indicated by Claughton as having been sunk, reopened or worked in the 19th century. Other details: Includes map.
Claughton, P. F., 1992, Untitled Source, 3 (Monograph). SDV89408.
Director's shaft. Opened 1835 at the engine shaft of the 1813-17 working cutting the Old Combe Martin, or West lode at about 50 fathom level. Power for the pumps were transmitted from the engine at William's shaft (subsheet 1) by means of flat rods carried over the present intervening garden by a wooden trestle bridge.
Claughton, P., 1997, Untitled Source, 78-81 (Monograph). SDV62761.
Location of 'Director's Shaft' of Old Combmartin Mine.
Warburton, M., 2001, Industrial Archaeology - A Guided Walk Through Combe Martin's Past (Leaflet). SDV81878.
Other details: Includes plan.
Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J., 2007, The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report, No. 1559 (Report - Assessment). SDV339712.
Director's Shaft is one of 12 adits or shafts worked in C19. Opened 1835 at the engine shaft of the 1813-17 working cutting the Old Combe Martin, or West lode at about 50 fathom level.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV339712 | Report - Assessment: Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J.. 2007. The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report. Exeter Archaeology Report. 06.22 (rev.1). A4 Stapled + Digital. No. 1559. |
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| SDV62761 | Monograph: Claughton, P.. 1997. Exmoor's Industrial Archaeology. 78-81. |
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| SDV81878 | Leaflet: Warburton, M.. 2001. Industrial Archaeology - A Guided Walk Through Combe Martin's Past. Combe Martin Heritage Link: Industrial Archaeology. A4 Folded. |
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| SDV89406 | Correspondence: Claughton, P. F.. 1989. |
| SDV89408 | Monograph: Claughton, P. F.. 1992. The History + Archaeology of Silver-lead Mining. 3. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV12545 | Related to: Combe Martin Silver Mines (Monument) |
| MDV68307 | Related to: Mine Shafts north of Corner Lane, Combe Martin (Monument) |
| MDV71666 | Related to: Stone Wall, Combe Martin (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 18 2016 9:30AM |
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