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Summary

Wheal Carpenter Copper Mine, shown as 'disused' on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880's-90's. The mine, of post-medieval to modern date, is visible as a series of earthwork features on aerial photographs recorded as part of the Tamar Valley NMP project, and as banks on images derived from lidar data captured in 2007 and 2013.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX47NW/12

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• COPPER MINE (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

1907, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV242637.

C3 carpenter. Copper, lead, zinc. "wheal carpenter (copper, disused)" marked on os 6" (1907) map (os).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV242639.

Ramsden, j. V. /tda/84(1952)91 fig.1/notes on the mines of devonshire.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV242640.

H. M. Stationery office/abandoned mines/(1929).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV242641.

Collins, j. H. /observations on west of england mining region/(1912).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV242642.

Des=os 6"(1907)105nw.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV242643.

Des=bodman, m. /water powered sites in devon/(1998)27,15/in smr.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

The mine is depicted as 'disused'. Map object partly based on this source.

Bodman, M., 1998, Water-Powered Sites in Devon (Report - non-specific). SDV305931.

Mill associated with 'wheal carpenter' or 'west collacombe' (bodman).

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 03-FEB-2007 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

Irregular earthwork banks are visible.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, RAF CPE/UK/2149/F20/3271-2 (Interpretation). SDV346287.

Earthworks associated with a post-medieval mine are visible on aerial photographs. The earthworks include cut features of shafts, earthwork spoil heaps and a ditch.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Tellus LAST RETURN 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV363955.

Irregular earthwork banks are visible.

Hegarty, C., Houghton, E., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2020-2021, Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 1 (AI&M project) (Interpretation). SDV363945.

A number of irregular earthwork banks are visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2007 and 2013, around Wheal Carpenter. They partly correspond with spoilheaps depicted on the late-19th century mapping, although they cover a larger area. In the wider area the irregular ground surface in the basin may have been natural or could have been a result of ground disturbance caused by industrial activity in the post-medieval or early 19th century.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6911 - Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme
• EDV8345 - Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 1 (AI&M) (Ref: ACD2380)

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