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| HER Number: | MDV70431 |
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| Name: | Elvan quarry on site of East Wheal Luscombe Mine, Gulworthy |
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Summary
A channel of elvans was discovered in the 1820s, during copper mining at East Wheal Luscombe. The stone was quarried by the Bedford Estate to use for road building from the 1870s to the 1920s: a deep quarry pit cut into the southern dumps and reservoir earthworks remain open just south-east of the Luscombe Engine Shaft.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 442 719 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX47SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Gulworthy |
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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: SX47SW/516/8
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- STONE QUARRY (Constructed, XIX to XX - 1870 AD to 1929 AD (Between))
Full description
BUCK, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219466.
Site of three large openwork excavations shown on the 1867 survey map on the ‘luscombe lode’ & as a ‘quarry’ on the os (1884) map. The survey in 2003 found the steep sided quarry 30m x 15m x 13m deep with water covering the floor (buck).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV267276.
Des=buck, c.(Cornwall archaeological unit)/Bedford united mine: archaeological assessment/(2003)79+fig 24/cau report no 2003ro43 site 96 in smr.
Waterhouse, R., 2017, The Tavistock Canal. Its History and Archaeology, 205-6, Fig 6.63 (Monograph). SDV361789.
Late 19th century Elvan quarry shown on plan of the surface earthworks around Luscombe Engine and Williams Shafts, East Wheal Luscombe. The discovery of a channel of elvans (igneous intrusions) around 1826 that had destroyed a potentially promising lode of copper led to the abandonment of the mine. The elvan was later quarried by the Bedford Estate for road stone from the 1870s to the 1920s: a deep quarry pit cut into the southern dumps and reservoir earthworks remain open just south-east of the Luscombe Engine Shaft.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV219466 | Migrated Record: BUCK. |
| SDV267276 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV361789 | Monograph: Waterhouse, R.. 2017. The Tavistock Canal. Its History and Archaeology. The Tavistock Canal. Its History and Archaeology. Paperback Volume. 205-6, Fig 6.63. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV70432 | Related to: Luscombe Engine Shaft, Gulworthy (Monument) |
| MDV3887 | Related to: Luscombe Mine (Monument) |
| MDV123501 | Related to: Possible building at East Wheal Luscombe Mine (Building) |
| MDV123492 | Related to: Powder House at East Wheal Luscombe Mine (Building) |
| MDV123490 | Related to: Reservoir at East Wheal Luscombe Mine (Monument) |
| MDV123497 | Related to: Sawpit and timber store at East Wheal Luscombe Mine (Building) |
| MDV123495 | Related to: Smithy at East Wheal Luscombe Mine (Building) |
| MDV123491 | Related to: Store at East Wheal Luscombe Mine (Building) |
| MDV123500 | Related to: Store building at East Wheal Luscombe Mine (Building) |
| MDV70430 | Related to: Williams or Whim Shaft, Gulworthy (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 22 2018 11:43AM |
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