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:MDV71453
Name:Wheal Anna Maria, Adit

Summary

Possible adit portal & timber supports for a launder or tramline at Wheal Anna Maria mine which was part of Devon Great Consols

Location

Grid Reference:SX 426 734
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

  • ADIT (XIX to XX - 1801 AD to 2000 AD (Between))

Full description

Buck, C., 2002, Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment, 126 Figs 15,38 (Report - Assessment). SDV241758.

This site may be a shallow adit portal at Wheal Anna Maria mine but is not shown on 19C maps. The survey in 2002 found a possible adit lobby c12m long x 2m wide. Timber supports for a launder or tramline were found between SX42627343 & SX42607341 which may relate to the railway line (see PRN 71373) or the 1920's works. The supports may relate to copper precipitation from the adit portal. Other details: Sites 170,171.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV241758Report - Assessment: Buck, C.. 2002. Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment. Cornwall Archaeological Unit Report. 2002R069. Digital + A4. 126 Figs 15,38.
Linked documents:1

Associated Monuments

MDV3862Part of: Devon Great Consolidated Mine, Gulworthy (Monument)
MDV3873Part of: Devon Great Consols, Wheal Anna Maria (Monument)
MDV71373Related to: Wheal Anna Maria, Railway (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV1715 - Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment

Date Last Edited:Jul 25 2005 3:21PM