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| HER Number: | MDV70457 |
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| Name: | ADIT in the Parish of Gulworthy |
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Summary
Site of ‘ding dong adit’ portal between ‘bridge lode’ & ‘ding dong lode’. The survey in 2003 found the open portal issuing orange water & the timber adit setts were visible. The adit lobby was c5m wide & the portal c1m wide x 0.7m high. A 10m long x 1.2m high wall retains the higher ground to the north & south of the portal. A corrugated iron hut on a flat area to the south appears to have housed petrol driven winding engine in 1920s. A 0.2m diameter plastic pipe takes water from the adit to a small water wheel to the west. The small timber water wheel 2.3m diameter x 0.5m wide at sx43397216 appears to have recently been used to generate electricity via a turbine (buck).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 434 721 |
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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/517/11
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ADIT (XVIII to XXI - 1701 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
BUCK, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219466.
Site of ‘ding dong adit’ portal between ‘bridge lode’ & ‘ding dong lode’. The survey in 2003 found the open portal issuing orange water & the timber adit setts were visible. The adit lobby was c5m wide & the portal c1m wide x 0.7m high. A 10m long x 1.2m high wall retains the higher ground to the north & south of the portal. A corrugated iron hut on a flat area to the south appears to have housed petrol driven winding engine in 1920s. A 0.2m diameter plastic pipe takes water from the adit to a small water wheel to the west. The small timber water wheel 2.3m diameter x 0.5m wide at sx43397216 appears to have recently been used to generate electricity via a turbine (buck).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV267656.
Des=buck, c.(cornwall archaeological unit)/bedford united mine: archaeological assessment/(2003)97-98+figs 19,20,24/cau report no 2003ro43 sites 130-131 in smr.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV219466 | Migrated Record: BUCK. |
| SDV267656 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments
| MDV3888 | Part of: Ding Dong Mine, Gulworthy (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 27 2016 11:49AM |
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