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| HER Number: | MDV77613 |
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| Name: | Wheel Pit in Morwelldown Plantation |
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Summary
A wheel pit shown on the 1867 Bedford Estate survey map, to the east of North Shaft. Infilled and overgrown, with the sides visible as an earthwork.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 459 693 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX46NE |
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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: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WHEEL PIT (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
Buck, C., 2006, Gawton Mine, Devon: Archaeological Assessment, 26 (Report - Assessment). SDV344672.
The 1867 maps show this site as a probable wheelpit, providing power for the Bedford Consols main dressing floor, which would have been on its north side. The water supply would probably have come from the nearby reservoir pond. The wheelpit has been infilled to approximately 0.7 metres below ground level and the sides appear for the most part to be visible as an earthwork. It is approximately 8.0 metres long internally and 2.0 metres wide. There is a small amount of masonry visible for a length of 0.7 metres and a height of 0.5 metres at the east end of the south side. Other details: Figure 35, site 7.
Clive Meaton, 2023, Gawton Mine, Devon- Costed and Prioritised Proposals for Capital Works for the Conservation and Management of Gawton Mine Scheduled Monument (Redacted Costs Version), 40 (Report - Survey). SDV366131.
1867, although it was not labelled on later historic Ordnance Survey maps. In 2006 the Wheel pit was found to be infilled to circa 0.7 metres below the ground level, but the sides remained visible as an earthwork, enclosing an internal area of circa 8 metres long by 2 metres wide. A small amount of masonry was visible at the east end of the south side, measuring approximately 0.7 metres long by 0.5 metres high. The Wheelpit was located beyond the Site boundary, so was not surveyed. Other details: Site No. 7.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV344672 | Report - Assessment: Buck, C.. 2006. Gawton Mine, Devon: Archaeological Assessment. Cornwall County Council Report. 2006R023. A4 Stapled + Digital. 26. [Mapped feature: #104551 ] |
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| SDV366131 | Report - Survey: Clive Meaton. 2023. Gawton Mine, Devon- Costed and Prioritised Proposals for Capital Works for the Conservation and Management of Gawton Mine Scheduled Monument (Redacted Costs Version). Cotswold Archaeology. CR1194_1. Digital. 40. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV22881 | Part of: Bedford Consols or Wheal Gawton Mine (Monument) |
| MDV129481 | Part of: Shafts and pits under Maddacleave Wood and Morwelldown Plantation, Gulworthy (Monument) |
| MDV77614 | Related to: Probable Dressing Floor in Morwelldown Plantation (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4746 - Archaeological Assessment of Gawton Mine, Devon
- EDV4747 - Field Survey of Gawton Mine
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 17 2024 10:17AM |
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