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HER Number:MDV71316
Name:Wheal Maria, Dressing Floor

Summary

Two dressing floor buildings & a retaining wall at Wheal Maria mine which was part of Devon Great Consols

Location

Grid Reference:SX 416 738
Map Sheet:SX47SW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishGulworthy
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishTAVISTOCK

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • DRESSING FLOOR (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Buck, C., 2002, Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment, 64-65+Figs 13,38 (Report - Assessment). SDV241758.

Site of two dressing floor buildings shown on 19C maps at Wheal Maria mine at the above NGR & at SX417117388. The survey found remnants of walls surviving to a height of 0.3m but no extant reamains of the buildings. A dressing floor retaining wall c14m long x up to 2m high was identified running from SX41707389 to SX41737390. Other details: Sites 52, 52/1 & 53.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV241758Report - Assessment: Buck, C.. 2002. Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment. Cornwall Archaeological Unit Report. 2002R069. Digital + A4. 64-65+Figs 13,38.
Linked documents:1

Associated Monuments

MDV3862Part of: Devon Great Consolidated Mine, Gulworthy (Monument)
MDV42207Part of: Devon Great Consols, Wheal Maria (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV1279 - Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment

Date Last Edited:May 4 2006 9:20PM