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| HER Number: | MDV58393 |
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| Name: | Air Shaft at Tavistock School |
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Summary
Concrete-capped shaft identified beneath the embankment of the playing field at Tavistock Primary School. Identified as an air shaft associated with a broadly east-west orientated lode from Crelake Mine.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 475 737 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX47SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Tavistock |
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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: SX47SE/38/1
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- VENTILATION SHAFT (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Unknown, Plan of Crelake Mine (Plan - measured). SDV216786.
Horner, W., 07/10/1997, Mining at Tavistock College/School (Un-published). SDV350340.
Survey work in 1992 identified a concrete-capped shaft beneath the embankment of the playing field between Tavistock College and Tavistock Primary School. Further investigation revealed it to be unsafe - not centred over the shaft and also weakened concrete - and it has since been made safe. This was probably an air shaft (see plan).
Sherrell, F., 2007, Proposed Redevelopment at 11 Ford Street, Tavistock, Devon: Phase 1 Desk Study Report, 3, Fig. 4 (Report - Assessment). SDV350344.
Large copper mine comprising an east-west trending lode. Figure 4 shows the sites of two ventilation shafts along the line of the lode.
Devon County Council, Unknown, Mining Database, MX4750 (Machine readable data file). SDV220083.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV216786 | Plan - measured: Unknown. Plan of Crelake Mine. A4 Single Sheet. |
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| SDV220083 | Machine readable data file: Devon County Council. Unknown. Mining Database. MX4750. |
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| SDV350340 | Un-published: Horner, W.. 07/10/1997. Mining at Tavistock College/School. A4 Single Sheet. |
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| SDV350344 | Report - Assessment: Sherrell, F.. 2007. Proposed Redevelopment at 11 Ford Street, Tavistock, Devon: Phase 1 Desk Study Report. Frederick Sherrell Ltd Report. 3025. Digital. 3, Fig. 4. [Mapped feature: #37180 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV4081 | Part of: Crelake Mine, Tavistock (Monument) |
| MDV124264 | Related to: Mine Shaft between the Allotments and Daleswood Road, Tavistock (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 7 2018 1:55PM |
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