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HER Number: | MDV66518 |
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Name: | Shaft 29 at Wheal Katherine Tin Mine |
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Summary
Shaft number 29 forming part of the 19th century Wheal Katherine Tin Mine
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 607 682 |
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Map Sheet: | SX66NW |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | SHEEPSTOR |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NW/213/7
- Old SAM Ref: 34468
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MINE SHAFT (XVIII to XIX - 1750 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 157295 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
Site visited on 15th May 2002. Shaft 380 metres west-south-west of Plym Ford, forming part of Wheal Katherine tin mine. A large shaft with moderately steep sides. A further vertically sided pit survives in the southern part of the shaft. Rushes, grass, bracken and heather. The dump is 1.5 metres high. Bracken, moss and rushes.
Newman , P., 1999, Eylesbarrow (Ailsborough) Tin Mine, 13, Figure 4 (Report - Survey). SDV352201.
Shaft number 29 at Wheal Katherine is one of at least six shafts at the mine. This shaft is situated to the south of Stamping Mill number 7.
Newman, P., 1999, Eylesbarrow (Ailsborough) Tin Mine, Figure 4 (Article in Serial). SDV231130.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Shaft visible on aerial photograph.
English Heritage, 2014, National Heritage List for England, 1021056 (National Heritage List for England). SDV355683.
Five particularly large shafts and an adit survive at Whela Katherine. These would have been dug to reach the tin ore below the depth accessible by openworks and lode back pits. These features probably belong to the 19th century extraction phase. Ore extracted from these shafts and adits would have been processed in the stamping mill and associated dressing floors.
National Monument Record, 2014, Pastscape, 1063881 (Website). SDV355682.
Remains of a tin processing works at Wheal Katherine which formed part of Eylesbarrow tin mine set and was operational until 1856. An archaeological field survey in 1994 located structures including a stamping mill, dressing floors and buddles.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV231130 | Article in Serial: Newman, P.. 1999. Eylesbarrow (Ailsborough) Tin Mine. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 57. Paperback Volume. Figure 4. |
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SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 157295. |
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SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #98210 ] |
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SDV352201 | Report - Survey: Newman , P.. 1999. Eylesbarrow (Ailsborough) Tin Mine. English Heritage Survey Report. A4 Spiral Bound. 13, Figure 4. |
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SDV355682 | Website: National Monument Record. 2014. Pastscape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk. Website. 1063881. |
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SDV355683 | National Heritage List for England: English Heritage. 2014. National Heritage List for England. Historic Houses Register. Website. 1021056. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV61849 | Part of: Wheal Katherine Tin Mine (Monument) |
MDV66519 | Related to: Adit at Wheal Katherine Tin Mine (Monument) |
MDV3330 | Related to: Eylesbarrow (Ailsborough) Tin Mine (Monument) |
MDV66523 | Related to: Frank's Shaft 30 at Wheal Katherine Tin Mine (Monument) |
MDV66517 | Related to: Shaft 26 at Wheal Katherine Tin Mine (Monument) |
MDV64743 | Related to: Shaft 27 at Wheal Katherine Tin Mine (Monument) |
MDV106639 | Related to: Shaft 28 at Wheal Katherine Tin Mine (Monument) |
MDV106645 | Related to: Shaft 31 at Wheal Katherine Tin Mine (Monument) |
MDV66534 | Related to: Shaft 32 at Wheal Katherine Tin Mine (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6239 - Eylesbarrow (Ailsborough) Tin Mine
Date Last Edited: | Dec 12 2016 3:19PM |
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