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Summary

Old (Eastern) Engine Shaft at Wheal Thomas/Watson mine which was part of Devon Great Consols

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX47SW/504/15/3

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SHAFT (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

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

'Old Shaft' recorded on OS 6" (1884) map.

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

Shaft not on OS 6" (1907) map.

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

Not on OS 6" (1954) map.

Richardson, P. H. G., 1992, The Mines of Dartmoor and the Tamar Valley after 1913, 94-108 (Article in Serial). SDV323598.

Eastern Shaft, part of Watson's Mine, Devon Great Consols. Other details: Fig 17.

Buck, C., 2002, Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment, 234-5, Figs 35,38 (Report - Assessment). SDV241758.

Old (Eastern) Engine Shaft at Wheal Thomas/Watson mine is shown on the 19C maps. The survey in 2002 found the shaft depression 4m long x 2.5m wide x 0.8m deep with a granite marker post at the eastern end. The 1857 lease map suggests a flat rod to the shaft & a long depression may represent the angle-bob pit. Spoil heaps are located to the south & west of the shaft with a revetment wall at the foot. To the west of the shaft at area of prospecting pits centred on SX44007306 worked the Watson's Lode of copper ore from the late 1840s. The pits openings were c 2m diameter x up to 0.75m deep with small spoil heaps mainly to the north. Other details: Sites 380 & 381.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV218129	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1884. 105SW. 6".
SDV241758	Report - Assessment: Buck, C.. 2002. Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment. Cornwall Archaeological Unit Report. 2002R069. Digital + A4. 234-5, Figs 35,38.
	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: none recorded

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