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| HER Number: | MDV123433 |
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| Name: | Wheal Pixon Engine Shaft |
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Summary
Possible site of the Engine Shaft of Wheal Pixon, referred to in documentary sources.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 475 739 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX47SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Tavistock |
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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
- MINE SHAFT? (Constructed, XVIII to XIX - 1800 AD to 1830 AD (Between))
Full description
Waterhouse, R., 2017, The Tavistock Canal. Its History and Archaeology, 195-6, Fig 6.51 (Monograph). SDV361789.
It is unknown precisely where the water engine of Wheal Pixon was located; references to Engine Shaft and to workings 40 fathoms below surface level clearly indicate there must have been one. This presumably utilised canal water and may have been in the area now occupied by Tavistock Community College (see Fig 6.51).
Waterhouse gives site of possible engine shaft on map of the site of Wheal Pixon.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV361789 | Monograph: Waterhouse, R.. 2017. The Tavistock Canal. Its History and Archaeology. The Tavistock Canal. Its History and Archaeology. Paperback Volume. 195-6, Fig 6.51. [Mapped feature: #114139 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV58396 | Part of: Wheal Pixon Copper Mine (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 15 2018 2:26PM |
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