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HER Number: | MDV76126 |
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Name: | Settling Tanks in Boringdon Park Wood |
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Summary
Two large stone lined settling tanks with sluices in their sides, which formed part of a lead ore works constructed in 1846 to refine lead ore for smelting.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 526 585 |
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Map Sheet: | SX55NW |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Sparkwell |
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District | South Hams |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | PLYMPTON ST.MARY |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SETTLING PIT (XIX - 1846 AD to 1846 AD (Throughout))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Map object based on this Source.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2003, Post-Medieval Deer Park, Medieval Fishpond, 18th century Triumphal Arch and a 19th Century Lead Mine, Ore Works and Smelt Mill at Boringdon Park (Schedule Document). SDV343933.
Two large stone lined settling tanks with sluices in their sides formed part of a lead ore works constructed in 1846 to refine lead ore for smelting. The stream which feeds the fish pond passes between these tanks and a rectangular building to their south, which contained an ore hearth smelt mill.
English Heritage, 2009, Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South West, 110 (Report - non-specific). SDV342694.
Extensive significant problems. Principal vulnerability collapse.
Ordnance Survey, 2009, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV341569.
'Pond' and 'Drain' shown. Map object based on this Source.
English Heritage, 2010, Heritage at Risk Register 2010: South West, 103 (Report - non-specific). SDV344777.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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SDV341569 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2009. MasterMap. MasterMap. Digital. |
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SDV342694 | Report - non-specific: English Heritage. 2009. Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South West. English Heritage Report. A4 Bound +Digital. 110. |
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SDV343933 | Schedule Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2003. Post-Medieval Deer Park, Medieval Fishpond, 18th century Triumphal Arch and a 19th Century Lead Mine, Ore Works and Smelt Mill at Boringdon Park. The Schedule of Monuments. A4 Stapled. |
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SDV344777 | Report - non-specific: English Heritage. 2010. Heritage at Risk Register 2010: South West. English Heritage Report. Digital. 103. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV76128 | Related to: Chimney Stack in Boringdon Park Wood (Monument) |
MDV76125 | Related to: Flue in Boringdon Park Wood (Monument) |
MDV76127 | Related to: Ore Hearth Smelt Mill in Boringdon Park Wood (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Oct 30 2013 11:26AM |
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