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| HER Number: | MDV61856 |
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| Name: | Wheal Fortescue, Fortescue's Shaft |
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Summary
Fortescue's Shaft. Wheal Fortescue section of mine, contains good examples of a brunton calciner, arsenic flue, labyrinth, and related buildings.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 413 740 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX47SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Sydenham Damerel |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LAMERTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX47SW/518/3
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SHAFT (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
Buck, C., 1998, Preliminary Assessment of Sites of Archaelogical Importance in the Tamar Valley, 34 (Report - Assessment). SDV241750.
Fortescue's Shaft. Wheal Fortescue section of mine, contains good examples of a brunton calciner, arsenic flue, labyrinth, and related buildings (arsenic stack has been demolished). Consolidation works important as flue and labyrinth is not in good state of repair, and stone is being robbed from the flue. Low mine buildings are set in dense undergrowth.
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. 34. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV3889 | Part of: Devon Great United Mine (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV303 - Preliminary Assessment of Sites of Archaelogical Importance in the Tamar Valley
| Date Last Edited: | May 4 2006 8:16PM |
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