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| HER Number: | MDV123336 |
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| Name: | Holming Beam south lode, Morwell Down |
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Summary
Part of the tinworking on Morwell Down, worked from the surface for tin from at least the 16th century. Later bought and worked by the Tavistock Canal Company (1806) as one of the mines in their portfolio.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 449 710 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX47SW |
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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
- TIN MINE (Constructed, XVI - 1550 AD to 1599 AD (Between))
Full description
Environment Agency WMS, 1998-2016, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV360208.
Visible in parts on the lidar data.
Waterhouse, R., 2017, The Tavistock Canal. Its History and Archaeology, 169-172, 182-186, figs 6.22-4, 6.35-6 (Monograph). SDV361789.
Holming Beam - south lode
Depicted on map of ancient mining evidence of Morwell Down, the south lode of Holming Beam was driven on what later became the main lode of East Wheal Russell later in the 19th century.
Holming Beam consisted of a group of three interconnecting lodes, running parallel across the southern part of Morwell Down. Worked for tin from the surface from at least the 16th century (probably earlier); part of a large sett. Rights to this were bought by the Tavistock Canal Company with Wheal George and Charlotte in 1806. Probably included the copper mine later known as Wheal Russell which worked two lodes in the Tamar Valley to the west, and South Wheal Crebor which worked the eastward continuation of the Holming Beam lodes in the Tavy Valley to the east. Main period of working of this mine by the Company was between 1816-28. The most significant of the lodes to be worked was the south lode. This was probably exploited for tin from at least the 16th century. Later worked for copper from the early 18th century, and certainly as part of Wheal Russell from at least the 1840s to 1852, when it split away to become a separate company, known then as East Wheal Russell.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV360208 | Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 1998-2016. LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. |
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| SDV361789 | Monograph: Waterhouse, R.. 2017. The Tavistock Canal. Its History and Archaeology. The Tavistock Canal. Its History and Archaeology. Paperback Volume. 169-172, 182-186, figs 6.22-4, 6.35-6. [Mapped feature: #113985 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV4083 | Related to: East Wheal Russell Mine (Monument) |
| MDV114364 | Related to: Holming Beam middle lode, Morwell Down (Monument) |
| MDV123335 | Related to: Holming Beam north lode, Morwell Down (Monument) |
| MDV123232 | Related to: Tavistock Canal, Main record (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 8 2018 3:03PM |
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