| ID: | SDV60667 |
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| Title: | Mineral Deposits of Western Exmoor |
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| Originator: | Youell, R.F. |
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| Date: | 1971 |
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| Summary: | Bampfylde Mine. Series of copper shafts and adits in Mole Valley. Great pit tip. Stonework of the mining machinery and adit entrances survives. Remains of the old Heasley cornmill. Richer ore than in cornish mines and lumps of almost pure bornite, malachite etc. Have been identified here.19Cworkings were extensive. Waterpower used for pumping. Private mineral railway in use in 1870s. Handicapped by flooding. |
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Associated Monuments (4)
| MDV708 | Bampfylde Copper Mine (Monument) |
| MDV706 | Barton Iron Mine, North Molton (Monument) |
| MDV46880 | Mining Pits, near Hunnawins Farm, North Molton (Monument) |
| MDV46881 | Mining Pits, near Hunnawins Farm, North Molton (Monument) |
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