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| HER Number: | MDV76310 |
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| Name: | Tunnel Under Cottages at Morwellham |
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Summary
Tunnel shown on late 19th century map, passing under a row of cottages at Morwellham, and linking inclined plane to quayside.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 444 696 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX46NW |
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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
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TUNNEL (XIX - 1858 AD to 1859 AD (Between))
Full description
Morwellham Display Boards (Illustration). SDV358896.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
'Tunnel' shown. Map object based on this Source.
Waterhouse, R., 2006, Proposed Archaeological Excavation of the Devon Great Consols Incline Portal at Morwellham Quay, 5 (Report - non-specific). SDV344977.
About 200 yards of the lower incline ran through a tunnel of 'cut and cover' construction, under the Bedford Estate's Morwellham Cottages and a timber yard fronting them. The roof of the tunnel where it crossed the village green seems to have been formed of horizontal timbers, although the part under the cottages was arched in stone. When the mine closed in 1903 the tunnel was required to be untopped and the sides pushed in, with additional rubble and soil thrown in to fill it to surface. The 2006 excavation produced evidence for this in the walls of the approach cutting and first four metres of the tunnel, but the tunnel walls appear to survive to their full height further in.
Passmore, A. J., 2009, Archaeological Recording at Morwellham Quay 2008-9, 4-5 (Report - Survey). SDV344217.
The tunnel forms part of the inclined plane constructed in 1858-9 to link the quay with Devon Great Consols Mine. It allowed the incline to pass under a row of cottages before continuing towards the quayside within a cutting. The tunnel was infilled in 1903.
Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.
Map object based on this Source.
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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| SDV344030 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2010. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV344217 | Report - Survey: Passmore, A. J.. 2009. Archaeological Recording at Morwellham Quay 2008-9. Exeter Archaeology Report. 09.100. Digital. 4-5. |
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| SDV344977 | Report - non-specific: Waterhouse, R.. 2006. Proposed Archaeological Excavation of the Devon Great Consols Incline Portal at Morwellham Quay. Robert Waterhouse Report. A4 Stapled + Digital. 5. |
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| SDV358896 | Illustration: Morwellham Display Boards. A4 Unbound + Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV72844 | Related to: Devon Great Consols Railway, Inclined Plane (Monument) |
| MDV3880 | Related to: Devon Great Consols, Railway (Monument) |
| MDV76309 | Related to: Tunnel Portal at Morwellham Quay (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4589 - Archaeological Recording at Morwellham Quay 2008-9
- EDV4590 - Archaeological Recording at Morwellham Quay 2008-9
- EDV4840 - Archaeological Excavations at the Devon Great Consols Incline Portal, Morwellham Quay, 2006
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 6 2015 3:21PM |
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