HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > Devon & Dartmoor HER Result
Devon & Dartmoor HERPrintable version | About Devon & Dartmoor HER | Visit Devon & Dartmoor HER online...

See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.


HER Number:MDV70425
Name:TIN WORKS in the Parish of Gulworthy

Summary

Large area of prospecting pits probably excavated in the c18 exploiting the tin & copper of the ‘luscombe lode’ extending in a narrow band from sx44397194 to sx44167190. The survey in 2003 found lots of elliptical pits or trenches with a large lode back pit at the western end 4m diameter x 1.7m deep (buck).

Location

Grid Reference:SX 442 719
Map Sheet:SX47SW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishGulworthy
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishTAVISTOCK

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX47SW/516/2

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • TIN WORKS (XVIII to XXI - 1701 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

BUCK, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219466.

Large area of prospecting pits probably excavated in the c18 exploiting the tin & copper of the ‘luscombe lode’ extending in a narrow band from sx44397194 to sx44167190. The survey in 2003 found lots of elliptical pits or trenches with a large lode back pit at the western end 4m diameter x 1.7m deep (buck).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV269104.

Des=buck, c.(cornwall archaeological unit)/bedford united mine: archaeological assessment/(2003)72+fig 24/cau report no 2003ro43 site 90 in smr.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV219466Migrated Record: BUCK.
SDV269104Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments

MDV3887Part of: Luscombe Mine (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Feb 8 2016 12:39PM