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Summary

Counthouse Shaft shown on the 19C maps with a spoil heap & building at Wheal Emma mine which was part of Devon Great Consols

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX47SW/504/8

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SHAFT (XIX to XX - 1801 AD to 2000 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1884, 105SW (Cartographic). SDV218129.

Shaft recorded on the OS 6" (1884) map.

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

This shaft is also recorded on the OS 6" (1907) map.

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

'Counthouse Shaft (Disused)' marked on OS 6" (1954) map.

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

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., 2002, Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment, 176-7 Figs 22,38 (Report - Assessment). SDV241758.

Site of Counthouse Shaft which was probably cut in 1864 & a building shown on the 19C maps at Wheal Emma mine. The survey in 2002 found the shaft 3m diameter at the eastern end of a linear depression with a granite marker post. A 1m high bank went partially around the shaft. A long spoil heap shown on 19C maps was found to the south of the shaft with a flat area which may have been the site of the capstan. A small rectangular rubble filled building 4m x 3m was located at SX43417346. Other details: Sites 263 & 264.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV218129	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1884. 105SW. 6".
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.
SDV241758	Report - Assessment: Buck, C.. 2002. Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment. Cornwall Archaeological Unit Report. 2002R069. Digital + A4. 176-7 Figs 22,38.
	Linked documents:1
SDV276342	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1907. 105 SW. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 6 inch Map. Map (Paper).
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.
SDV336689	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1954. SX47SW. Ordnance Survey 6 inch map. Map (Paper).

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV1806 - Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment

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