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HER Number: | MDV134942 |
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Name: | Wheel Pit at Foxhole Tin Mine, Lydford |
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Summary
Wheel Pit at Foxhole Tin Mine of 8 metres by 1.8 metres wide. The water supply to the mill was carried to the wheel on a leat embankment and timber launder. The leat embankment survives as a revetted bank standing up to 1.7 metres high, on which sits a leat measuring 0.9 metres wide and up to 0.7 metres deep. The timber launder survives only as a buried feature. The stamping mill survives as a substantial wheelpit and the machinery would have sat on a stone faced platform on the eastern side. The tailrace leading from the wheelpit is stone lined, measures 24 metres long by 1 metre wide and is 0.7 metres deep
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 545 853 |
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Map Sheet: | SX58NW |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Lydford |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WHEEL PIT (Constructed, XIX - 1845 AD (Between) to 1872 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Small narrow feature shown at 'Foxhole Mine (tin disused)' on 19th century map.
Greeves, T. A. P., 1990, An Assessment of Dartmoor Tinworking, 28 (Report - Assessment). SDV343684.
Wheal Frederick. A short-lived mid-19th century mine. Has a well preserved mine office and dressing floor (including leat, embankment and wheelpit) containing round buddles which are likely to be the earliest on the moor.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 223, Map 43 (Monograph). SDV219155.
Remains of Foxhole Mine on the west bank of the Doetor Brook. The lack of any production records of this 19th century tin mine suggest it was not particularly successful. A short leat is taken off the river upstream from a clapper bridge to a launder bank in almost perfect condition. Water flowed from the wheel pit below of 8 metres long by 1.8 metres wide, to a round buddle with central spreader still in place, before returning to the stream.
Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV350801.
(20/02/2004) The remains of Wheal Frederick tin mine lies on the west side of Doe Tor Brook amid remains of earlier tin streamworks. The mine was active between 1845 and 1872 and was associated with similar remains on the Rattlebrook to the east. The remains comprise a wheelpit and stamping mill, dressing floor with circular buddles and a building.
Historic England, 2024, National Heritage List for England, 1021214 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365835.
Foxhole Mine is represented by a stamping mill, a group of buildings and a dressing floor. The water supply to the mill was carried to the wheel on a leat embankment and timber launder. The leat embankment survives as a revetted bank standing up to 1.7 metres high, on which sits a leat measuring 0.9 metres wide and up to 0.7 metres deep. The timber launder survives only as a buried feature. The stamping mill survives as a substantial wheelpit measuring 8 metres long by 1.3 metres wide and the machinery would have sat on a stone faced platform on the eastern side. The tailrace leading from the wheelpit is stone lined, measures 24 metres long by 1 metres wide and is 0.7 metres deep.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 223, Map 43. |
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SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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SDV343684 | Report - Assessment: Greeves, T. A. P.. 1990. An Assessment of Dartmoor Tinworking. Digital. 28. |
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SDV350801 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P.. 2003-2004. Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. 28-2004. Unknown. |
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SDV365835 | National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2024. National Heritage List for England. Website. 1021214. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV21892 | Part of: Foxhole Mine or Wheal Frederick Tin Mine, Lydford (Monument) |
MDV134943 | Related to: Building at Foxhole Tin Mine, Lydford (Building) |
MDV134941 | Related to: Counting House at Foxhole Tin Mine, Lydford (Building) |
MDV134940 | Related to: Dressing floor at Foxhole Tin Mine, Lydford (Monument) |
MDV28089 | Related to: Streamworks at the northern end of Doetor Brook to the south of Great Links Tor, Lydford (Monument) |
MDV3576 | Related to: Wheelpit and dressing floor 150m north-east of Deadlake Foot, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
- EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
- EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range
Date Last Edited: | Jul 16 2024 3:33PM |
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