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Summary

Whim platform south-west of Pryce Deacon's Shaft number 22 forming part of the 19th century Eylesbarrow Tin Mine

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1021055: Eylesbarrow Tin Mine and associated remains

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NW/216/13
• Old SAM Ref: 34467

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• WHIM PLATFORM (XVIII to XIX - 1750 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 157258 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visited on 9th May 2002. Whim platform south of Deacon's Shaft, 370 metres south-west of Eylesbarrow, forming part of Eylesbarrow Tin Mine. Formed on top of a spoil dump, but with a surrounding drystone wall in places measuring 1.2 metres wide and up to 1.1 metres high. Heather, moss, bilberry and grass. In the centre is a 1.3 metres long, 1 metre wide and 0.3 metre deep rectangular hollow orientated at 245 degrees. Leading towards the shaft from this hollow is a 3.8 metre long, 0.5 metre wide and 0.15 metre deep trench.

Newman , P., 1999, Eylesbarrow (Ailsborough) Tin Mine, 19, Figure 2 (Report - Survey). SDV352201.

Raising and lowering materials was achieved at some shafts by the use of horse whims. These comprised horizontal circular drums of timber rotating on a central pivot. Evidence for whims has survived at 6 of the shafts. In the cash book of 1814 there are references to making hedges around ‘Eastern Whim’ and ‘Western Whim’ but it is unclear which whims this refers to. In 18th and 19th century illustrations horse whims are frequently shown enclosed in circular roofed buildings.
At Pryce Deacon’s Shaft number 22 there are the remains of two whims. They consist of a roughly circular level platform of between 8 and 10 metres diameter. At two of the whims at Shaft numbers 5 and 22 the pivot stone is still in place with a central hole of 9 centimetre diameter. Around the whims at Philip’s Shaft number 16 and Pryce Deacon’s Shaft number 22 there is a low stony embankment.

Newman, P., 1999, Eylesbarrow (Ailsborough) Tin Mine, Figure 2 (Article in Serial). SDV231130.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Feature visible on aerial photogrpah.

English Heritage, 2014, National Heritage List for England, 1021055 (National Heritage List for England). SDV355683.

Site within the scheduled area of Eylesbarrow Mine.

National Monument Record, 2014, Pastscape, 1300505 (Website). SDV355682.

Remains of nineteenth century mine shafts and adits at Eylesbarrow Tin Mine, which was mined from 1814 until 1856. An English Heritage archaeological field survey identified 25 shaftheads of which 16 have names recorded in documentary sources. Six of the shafts were used for winding.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6239 - Eylesbarrow (Ailsborough) Tin Mine

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