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| HER Number: | MDV51116 |
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| Name: | Wheal Josiah, Hitchins's Shaft |
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Summary
Hitchins's Shaft at Wheal Josiah mine which was part of Devon Great Consols
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 431 736 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX47SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Gulworthy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | TAVISTOCK |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX47SW/504/6/1
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SHAFT (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880s, Ordnance Survey (Cartographic). SDV848.
Site of 'Hitchins's Shaft' shown on OS 25" (1880s) map at 'Wheal Josiah (Copper & Arsenic)' mine.
Ordnance Survey, 1907, 105 SW (Cartographic). SDV276342.
Hitchins's Shaft marked on OS 6" (1907) map.
Ordnance Survey, 1954/1970, Untitled Source (Cartographic). SDV243528.
Hitchins's Shaft (disused) marked on OS 6" (1954/70) map.
Richardson, P. H. G., 1992, The Mines of Dartmoor and the Tamar Valley after 1913, 94-108 (Article in Serial). SDV323598.
Other details: Fig 17.
Buck, C., 1998, Preliminary Assessment of Sites of Archaelogical Importance in the Tamar Valley, 44 (Report - Assessment). SDV241750.
Buck, C., 2002, Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment, 161-162 +Figs 10,21,38 (Report - Assessment). SDV241758.
Hitchins Engine Shaft is shown on 19C maps & was one of the earliest at Wheal Josiah mine. Tha capstan was on the north side of the shaft. The survey found a curvilinear depression 7m x 5m x 1.5m deep at the site of the shaft with a depression to the north 3m diameter x 0.5m deep which was probably the site of the capstan. Other details: Site 233.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV241750 | Report - Assessment: Buck, C.. 1998. Preliminary Assessment of Sites of Archaelogical Importance in the Tamar Valley. Cornwall Archaeological Unit Report. A4 Bound. 44. |
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| SDV241758 | Report - Assessment: Buck, C.. 2002. Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment. Cornwall Archaeological Unit Report. 2002R069. Digital + A4. 161-162 +Figs 10,21,38. |
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| SDV243528 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1954/1970. 6". |
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| SDV276342 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1907. 105 SW. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 6 inch Map. Map (Paper). |
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| SDV323598 | Article in Serial: Richardson, P. H. G.. 1992. The Mines of Dartmoor and the Tamar Valley after 1913. British Mining. 44. A5 Paperback. 94-108. |
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| SDV848 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880s. Ordnance Survey. 25". |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV3862 | Part of: Devon Great Consolidated Mine, Gulworthy (Monument) |
| MDV3874 | Part of: Devon Great Consols, Wheal Josiah (Monument) |
| MDV56088 | Related to: Devon Great Consols, Two Water Wheels (Monument) |
| MDV71380 | Related to: Wheal Josiah, Engine House (Monument) |
| MDV71420 | Related to: Wheal Josiah, Railway Lines (Monument) |
| MDV3867 | Related to: Wheal Josiah, Richard's Engine Shaft (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV1503 - Preliminary Assessment of Industrial Sites of Archaeological Importance in the Tamar Valley
- EDV1504 - Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment
| Date Last Edited: | May 4 2006 7:08PM |
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