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Summary

Two reservoir ponds to the north of Hawksmoor House at Wheal Josiah mine which was part of Devon Great Consols

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX47SW/504/22

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• RESERVOIR (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1907, 105 SW (Cartographic). SDV276342.

Ponds also visible on OS 6" (1907) map.

Ordnance Survey, 1954, SX47SW (Cartographic). SDV336689.

Area shown as woodland on OS 6" (1954) map.

Pye, A. R. + Dixon, T.
Pye, A. R. + Dixon, t., 1989, An Archaeological Survey of the Arsenic Works and an Inventory of the Other Historic Workings at Devon Great Consols Mine, Tavistock Hamlets, 20-21 (Report - Survey). SDV226597.

Devon Great Consols. Group of settling ponds at Hawksmoor House. All surviving at the time of 1989 Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit survey. Visible on a map of 1867.

Pye, A. R. + Dixon, T., 1989, The Arsenic Works at Devon Great Consols Mine, Tavistock, 79-111 (Article in Serial). SDV219136.

Other details: Fig 1.

Buck, C., 2002, Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment, 168, Figs 7,21,38 (Report - Assessment). SDV241758.

Two rhomboidal reservoir ponds to the north of Hawkmoor House. The northern pond fed a leat (see PRN 71496) taking water to Wheal Josiah & possibly to Wheal Anna Maria & Wheal Fanny. The survey in 2002 found the northern pond extant with banks 0.75m high & the southern bank of the southern pond was 0.5m high. Other details: Sites 245, 245/1.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV219136	Article in Serial: Pye, A. R. + Dixon, T.. 1989. The Arsenic Works at Devon Great Consols Mine, Tavistock. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 47. Paperback Volume. 79-111.
SDV226597	Report - Survey: Pye, A. R. + Dixon, T. Pye, A. R. + Dixon, t.. 1989. An Archaeological Survey of the Arsenic Works and an Inventory of the Other Historic Workings at Devon Great Consols Mine, Tavistock Hamlets. Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Report. 89.08. A4 Stapled + Digital. 20-21.
SDV241758	Report - Assessment: Buck, C.. 2002. Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment. Cornwall Archaeological Unit Report. 2002R069. Digital + A4. 168, Figs 7,21,38.
	Linked documents:1
SDV276342	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1907. 105 SW. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 6 inch Map. Map (Paper).
SDV336689	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1954. SX47SW. Ordnance Survey 6 inch map. Map (Paper).

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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