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Summary

Devon Great Consolidated Mine worked in the 19th century and including Wheals Maria, Fanny, Anna Maria (Upper and lower dressing floors and arsenic refinery), Josiah, Emma, Thomas/Watson's Mine, Frementor and the 1925 Arsenic Works. A number of earthworks and structures are visible in this location on aerial photographs taken in 1947 and on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 2005 and 2013.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Depression in field indicating possible site of a shaft, part of Wheal Josiah Mine
• SHINE: Earthworks associated with Devon Great Consols Consolidated Mine DV27459 - Earthworks associated with Devon Great Consolidated Mine, south of Rubbytown Farm Name: Devon Great Consolidated Mine, Gulworthy Summary Devon Great Consolidated Mine
• Scheduled Monument 1020328: Early 20th century arsenic works at the Devon Great Consols Mine
• Listed Building (II) 1305157: WHEAL MARIA
• Listed Building (II) 1326245: GRENOVEN FARMHOUSE
• Listed Building (II) 1326268: ARSENIC WORKS, FLUES AND CHIMNEY
• Listed Building (II) 1105699: TREE VIEW
• Listed Building (II) 1105700: WHEAL ANNA MARIA HOUSES
• Listed Building (II) 1105701: WHEAL JOSIAH COTTAGES
• Listed Building (II) 1105702: WOODLAND VIEW
• Listed Building (II) 1105703: RAILINGS, WALLS AND GATES AND PIERS ABOUT 14M NORTH WEST OF WOODLAND VIEW
• Listed Building (II) 1105740: WHEAL MARIA COTTAGES

Other References/Statuses

• Devon Record Office: Plans R 88 A - 4406 M. R. O.
• National Monuments Record: SX4273/4-16
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX47SW/504
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX47SW 30
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MINE (Opened, XIX - 1844 AD to 1844 AD)

Full description

Bedford Estate Office, Plans R 88 A - 4406 M. R. O. (Record Office Collection). SDV241728.

D11 Devon Great Consols. Plans R 88 A - 4406. Copper, arsenic. Mines included Anna Maria, Emma, Fanny, South fanny, Frementor, Jack Thomas, Josiah Maria and Watson's Mine. Abandoned 1925. Other details: Plans R 88 A - 4406 M. R. O..

Phillips, J. A. L., Untitled Source (Article in Serial). SDV241731.

Barclay, A., Untitled Source (Article in Serial). SDV241732.

Unknown, Untitled Source (Unknown). SDV241702.

Devon Great Consols. A rich lode of copper found in Blanchdown Wood high above the River Tamar. Wheal Maria, Wheal Fanny, Wheal Anna Maria, Wheal Josiah and Wheal Emma, known collectively as the Great Devon Consols Mines after May 1846 (previously known as North Bedford and Wheal Maria). The mine at first was worked with one small water wheel to pump out the water. Additional pumping power needed when the lower levels were reached. By 1847 steam engines had been erected. In 1849 it was decided to use mainly water power from the Tamar. Water power used for crushing the ore in the stamps. A railway was built to link the mine with the port of Morwellham, 4 1/2 miles down the Tamar. A tall chimney stack dominating the countryside, the shattered remnants of the reduction works and the huge bare mounds of black and red waste from the ovens remain. Shafts can still be located, very overgrown.

White, W., 1850/1968, White's Devon. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Devonshire (Monograph). SDV6497.

Williams, J., 1862, Cornwall and Devon Mining Directory (Monograph). SDV242424.

Spargo, T., 1864, Mines of Cornwall and Devon (Monograph). SDV242422.

Hunt, R., 1870-1872, Mineral Statistics (Unknown). SDV241727.

Worth, R. N., 1875, Progress of mining skill on Dartmoor, 209 (Article in Serial). SDV241724.

Worth, R. N., 1875, The Economic Geology of Devon, 224 (Article in Serial). SDV24522.

Symons, A., 1884, Untitled Source (Monograph). SDV241718.

Hunt, R., 1887, British Mining (Monograph). SDV241726.

Collins, J. H., 1895, Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon (Monograph). SDV242421.

Kelly, A., 1910, Untitled Source (Monograph). SDV241719.

Other details: Also 1926 edition.

Collins, J. H., 1912, Observations on the West of England Mining Region (Monograph). SDV323594.

H. M. Stationary Office, 1929, Abandoned Mines (Monograph). SDV215700.

Finberg, H. P. R., 1945, Morwell, 169 (Article in Serial). SDV215737.

The richest of all the copper mines in the Tavistock area.

Ramsden, J. V., 1952, Notes on the Mines of Devonshire, 93 (Article in Serial). SDV60737.

Other details: Fig 1.

Hoskins, W. G., 1954, A New Survey of England: Devon, 138-9,486 (Monograph). SDV17562.

Devon Great Consols Mine on land owned by the Duke of Bedford produced copper ore, mundic (iron pyrites) and arsenic. The Devon Great Consols closed down on 31st May 1901 and left a vast broken landscape extending for 2 miles along the Tamar.

Goodridge, T. C., 1964, Devon Great Consols: a study of Victorian living, 228-68 (Article in Serial). SDV241713.

Other details: Plates 20-22.

Brooke, J., 1965 - 1967, New light on Devon Great Consols, 183-4 (Article in Serial). SDV241704.

Early history of the mine discussed with reference to some contemporary documents.

Booker, F., 1967, Industrial Archaeology of the Tamar Valley, 143-77 (Monograph). SDV240774.

Devon Great Consols mine was the richest copper mine in Europe for almost twenty years and when its lodes began to fail it went on to produce arsenic in vast quantities. It was the only mine in Devon and Cornwall to build its own standard guage railway and its own foundry produced steam engines and water wheels used for pumping and crushing ore. The mine finally closed in 1903 although intermittent working continued until 1940. The last mineral material to be obtained from Devon Great Consols was a quantity of ochre for paint manufacture obtained during World War II from the mine's main drainage adit.

Minchinton, W. E., 1976, Industrial Archaeology in Devon, 28 (Monograph). SDV7016.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX47SW30 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV241721.

Devon Great Consols Mine (Copper & Arsenic, Disused).
Devon Great Consols Mine, was opened in 1844. By 1878 it had produced over 622,000 tons of copper and 76,000 tons of arsenic. In the 1880s production concentrated on arsenic. The mines extended over 160 acres and were among the largest and richest copper mines in the world. This mine was the only one in the district with its own railway system. It closed in 1901. Little of this vast enterprise survives. Heaps of waste and the ruins of the arsenic plant cover a wide area but little else remains. (Industrial Archaeology in Devon, W Minchinton 1976)

Griffith, F. M., 1985, DAP/FI, 12,12A (Aerial Photograph). SDV241736.

Dixon, T. + Matthews, A. + Pye A. R. + Slater, W. D., 1988, Gawton Mine and Arsenic Works. The Field Survey. 1988 (Report - Survey). SDV222516.

Weddell, P. J. + Pye, A. R., 1989, Gawton Mine and Arsenic Works: The Documentary Research 1988 (Report - non-specific). SDV263249.

At Frementor Mine quartz with wolfram and tin lie nearest the walls followed by mispickel and chalcopyrite, then quartz with fluorspar, and some copper in the centre. At Devon Great Consols the Great Lode was lined with mispickel, while the centre was infilled with chalcopyrite, and a similar development also occurs in Holnthiish.

During the 19th-century mining boom the river Tamar was obviously a very busy thoroughfare and Gawton Quay was already handling the ores of Wheal Maria (Devon Great Consols), for example, in 1844.

Pye, A. R. + Dixon, T., 1989, The Arsenic Works at Devon Great Consols Mine, Tavistock,, 79-111 (Article in Serial). SDV219136.

Small scale prospecting took place in the mid-18C but extensive working began only in 1844 when the 18C shaft (Gards Shaft) was widened and deepened. The mine was named Wheal Maria. Four further mines opened as the copper lode was pursued eastwards. In the late 1860s - early 1870s copper prices fell. To offset this the company invested in arsenic production. Arsenic works constructed near Wheal Anna Maria in 1866-7 (see PRN 3873). Most mining ceased in 1902, although copper-precipitating works operated until c1940. However, in 1915 upper levels of Wheal Fanny and Wheal Frementor reopened. Wheal Fanny ore was transported by tramway to Bedford United Mine for stamping. Arsenic ores were calcined at the Coombe Works at Calstock until 1921, when a small works was constructed at Wheal Anna Maria, just north of its 19C predecessor. By 1923 work re-commenced at Wheal Maria and South Wheal Fanny, but owing to a price slump mining ceased in 1924-25 and only Frementor re-opened later in 1925, continuing production until its final closure in 1930. The area is now chiefly woodland, the waste dumps being quarried for roadstone. Other details: Figs 1-5 + Plates 1-10.

Cherry, B. + Pevsner, N., 1989, The Buildings of England: Devon (Monograph). SDV325629.

Griffith, F. M., 1990, DAP/SD, 14,15 (Aerial Photograph). SDV241751.

Griffith, F. M., 1990, DAP/SE, 1-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDV241752.

Egan, G., 1990, Post-Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1989, 198-200 (Article in Serial). SDV241563.

Inventory made by Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Report in 1989. Workings covered 140 acres, reaching depths of over 500 metres. The richest copper mine in Europe in the mid 19th century. Arsenic production began in the 1860s and in 1869 half the world's output came from the mine. All surplus structures except a few cottages were levelled when operations ceased in 1902. Other details: Plan.

Greeves, T. A. P., 1991, An Assessment of Copper Mining in Devon (Copper, Brass, Tin), 1,8,14 (Report - Assessment). SDV60709.

Other details: Copper, brass & tin.

Richardson, P. H. G., 1992, The Mines of Dartmoor and the Tamar Valley after 1913, 94-108 (Article in Serial). SDV323598.

Copper and arsenic mines comprising, from east to west, Wheal Maria, Wheal Fanny, Wheal Anna Maria, Wheal Josiah and Wheal Emma. Heyday 1844 to 1903. Lesser mine, Wheal Frementor or Fremator was situated to south of Anna Maria. The main lode was 2 miles long, 40 feet wide and at least 1800 feet deep. Initially discovery in 1844 in area that became Wheal Maria. The works closed in 1903 but there was a resurgence from 1915-1921 at Wheal Fanny and Wheal Frementor. A further re-opening occurred from 1922-25 at Wheal Maria, Anna Maria and Fanny. A new arsenic works was built at Anna Maria and infrastructure works constructed such as inclines and extensions to the railway. Most had shut again by 1925 but Frementor was re-opened and worked until 1930. Some surface working for copper continued to the early 1940s.

The Tavistock and District Local History Society, 1994, About Tavistock: An Historical Introduction and Six Town Walks, 12-13 (Monograph). SDV354806.

Devon Great Consols mine was the largest in the area. The mine, at Blanchdown, overlooking the River Tamar, opened in 1844 and in its heyday employed 1200 people.

Nance, R. W. + Nance, R. D., 1996, A Survey of Engine Houses on the Mines of South Devon, 109-22 (Article in Serial). SDV241746.

Andrew Brown, 1998, Monuments Protection Programme The Non-Ferrous Metals (Tin, Copper, Arsenic and Minor Metals) Industries: Appendix III, Step 4 Report (Report - non-specific). SDV357940.

Early 20th century arsenic works overlying 19th century copper and arsenic mine, well documented and with high survival illustrating the full diversity of features of the technology. Very highly representative of the period in the industry.

A major resource requirement, but use of brick and stone rather than concrete suggests a practicable task, although natural environmental interests may constrain activities. Unsuitable for adaptation, and suitable for low-key public enjoyment and education with caution over arsenical residues. Stratigraphy and residues fragile and vulnerable to visitor pressure and other ground disturbance.

Dyer, M. J. + Manning, P. T., 1998, Objective 5B: Lower Tamar Valley Recreation and Land Management Iinitiative: Cultural Heritage Appraisal, 34 (Report - non-specific). SDV319814.

Exeter Archaeology, 1998, Objective 5B: Lower Tamar Valley Recreation and Land Management Iinitiative: Cultural Heritage Appraisal: Artiscombe Farm, 3 (Report - Assessment). SDV342538.

Group of mines collectively known as Devon Great Consols extending over 160 acres.

Exeter Archaeology, 1998, Objective 5B: Lower Tamar Valley Recreation and Land Management Iinitiative: Cultural Heritage Appraisal: Higher Artiscombe Farm, 2 (Report - Assessment). SDV342579.

Exeter Archaeology, 1998, Objective 5B: Lower Tamar Valley Recreation and Land Management Iinitiative: Cultural Heritage Appraisal: Three Oaks Farm, 2 (Report - Assessment). SDV342551.

Buck, C., 1998, Preliminary Assessment of Sites of Archaelogical Importance in the Tamar Valley, 35 (Report - Assessment). SDV241750.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 20-FEB-2005; 03-FEB-2007 & 17-JAN-2010 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

A dense concentration of earthwork pits, ditches and banks are visible.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, RAF/CPE/UK/2149/4193-8 1947 (Interpretation). SDV346287.

An industrial complex of features are visible as a series of structures and earthwork features, including spoil heaps, ditches, banks and cut features on aerial photographs of 1947. The features are associated with copper and arsenic mining.

Buck, C., 2002, Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment (Report - Assessment). SDV241758.

A monument polygon for the Devon Great Consolidated Mine was created based on the project area from this assessment.

Buck, C., 2002, Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment, 1,4-5,17,239-53 (Report - Assessment). SDV241758.

Integral components of Devon Great Consolidated Mine are Wheal Maria, Wheal Fanny, Wheal Anna Maria (Upper dressing floor), Wheal Anna Maria (Lower dressing floor and arsenic refinery), Wheal Josiah, Wheal Emma, Wheal Thomas/Watson's Mine, Wheal Frementor, the 1925 Arsenic Works. The whole mining site covers 474 hectares and is 3 kilometres from east to west by 3.5 kilometres from north to south and includes the Bedford Mines and part of Wheal Russell Mine to the south. About 45 miles of shafts, levels and winzes were sunk, 33 waterwheels were fed by over 8 miles of leats powering over 4.33 kilometres of flat rods. The Earl of Bradford owns most of the wooded site. Evidence exists for mining from the 18th century with most of the industrial archaeology dating from 1844 to 1978 and includes old mine shafts, adits, spoil heaps, quarries, mine building sites, earthworks and transport infrastructure. The site inventory includes over 400 individual sites within the Devon Great Consols Mine complex and constitutes part of Conwall's bid for World Heritage Site status for the Tamar Valley. Other details: Figs 1-38.

Goodridge, J., 2008, Tamar View, The Horn of Plenty and the Devonshire Great Consolidated Copper Mining Company, 227-244 (Article in Serial). SDV361654.

National Monuments Record, 2009, SX4273/4-16 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV241711.

Devon Great Consols, a copper mine which also produced tin and lead, was formed in 1844 and was originally known as North Bedford Mines or Wheal Maria and comprised a number of mines including Wheal Anna Maria, Wheal Josiah, Wheal Emma, Wheal Frementor and Wheal Watson. In 1846 the Devonshire Great Consolidated Copper Mining Company was formed to work the mine. The mines extended over 160 acres and were among the largest and richest copper mines in the world. Although by 1847 steam engines had been installed at Wheal Maria, Wheal Josiah, Wheal Anna Maria and Wheal Emma. Concerns over the rising cost of fuel for the engines led to plans to dewater workings using water power. Three large leats were constructed to supply the water. One of the leats, Great Leat, powered a 40-foot water-wheel near Blanchdown Farm which pumped water from three shafts at Wheal Maria and Wheal Josiah. The river powered 33 wheels on the mine. In 1870 the mine started to produce arsenic and produced about half the world's supply of arsenic. By 1878 the mine had produced over 622,000 tons of copper and 76,000 tons of arsenic. In the 1880s production concentrated on arsenic. This mine was the only one in the district with its own railway system and the mine employed around 1,300 people. The mine closed in 1903, but in 1915 mining resumed at Wheal Fanny for arsenic and Wheal Frementor for tin and tungsten. Work finally ceased in 1930. Much of the industrial archaeology that survives dates from the early twentieth century working. Other details: Number SX4273/4-16.

Buck, C., 2012, Bedford Mine Trail, Gulworthy, Devon: Impact Assessment, 12 (Report - Assessment). SDV361388.

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.

A dense concentration of earthwork pits, ditches and banks are visible.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2016, Backlog Recording of the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Survey (Personal Comment). SDV359374.

A dense concentration of earthwork and structural features have been transcribed and recorded here as part of this survey. These features are associated with the mines that make up the Devon Great Consolidation Mine. However, due to the density of the transcribed features and the complex and extensive nature of the Devon Great Consolidation Mine, as depicted on historic maps, it has not been possible to separate out and attach these features to the many individual mines which are recorded here. Instead, a single monument polygon has been created within this record to encompass the entirety of the Devon Great Consolidation Mine. This extent of area is based on the project area from an assessment in 2002 by Cornwall County Council entitled ‘Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment’.

Waterhouse, R., 2017, The Tavistock Canal. Its History and Archaeology, 213-14, (Monograph). SDV361789.

Wheal Capeltor was on the western edge of what was later to become Devon Great Consols. It was worked from 1802-1811 by John Tayor, apparently at a loss. It was reworked from the late 1840s as Devon Great United Mine, or sometime West Maria and Fortescue.

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 dense concentration of earthworks pits, ditches and banks, interpreted as shafts, extractive pits, leats, trackways, platforms and spoil heaps of 18th-early 20th century mine workings associated with Devon Great Consolidated Mine, are visible on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 2005 and 2013. The main concentrations of visible earthworks are centred at SX43467309, SX42597335, SX43257357, SX42127366 and SXSX41647386. These correspond with mine workings shown on the late 19th century First Edition Ordnance Survey map which are labelled as ‘Watsons Mine’, ‘Wheal Anna Maria (Copper & Arsenic)’, ‘Wheal Josiah (Copper & Arsenic)’, ‘Wheal Fanny (Copper)’ and ‘Wheal Maria (Copper)’, respectively. Other earthworks include narrow channels of leats that follow the contours along the western and southern edges of the mine, linear rows of small pits at SX42337278 and SX41897317 and possible hollows of trackways at SX41787421.
A number of the transcribed earthworks from this survey correspond with child records of this mine, including records of shafts, quarries, pits, spoil heaps and leats. These have not been individually amended but are included within the monument polygon for this record.
Earthworks of pits, ditches and banks and structures have also been transcribed from aerial photographs taken in 1947 during the Tamar Valley NMP project. These largely complement, but have also been enhanced by, transcriptions derived from this survey.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV17562	Monograph: Hoskins, W. G.. 1954. A New Survey of England: Devon. A New Survey of England: Devon. A5 Hardback. 138-9,486.
SDV215700	Monograph: H. M. Stationary Office. 1929. Abandoned Mines. Abandoned Mines. Unknown.
SDV215737	Article in Serial: Finberg, H. P. R.. 1945. Morwell. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 77. A5 Paperback. 169.
SDV219136	Article in Serial: Pye, A. R. + Dixon, T.. 1989. The Arsenic Works at Devon Great Consols Mine, Tavistock,. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 47. Paperback Volume. 79-111.
SDV222516	Report - Survey: Dixon, T. + Matthews, A. + Pye A. R. + Slater, W. D.. 1988. Gawton Mine and Arsenic Works. The Field Survey. 1988. Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Report. 89.02. A4 Stapled + Digital.
SDV240774	Monograph: Booker, F.. 1967. Industrial Archaeology of the Tamar Valley. Industrial Archaeology of the Tamar Valley. A5 Hardback. 143-77.
SDV241563	Article in Serial: Egan, G.. 1990. Post-Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1989. Post-Medieval Archaeology. 24. Unknown. 198-200.
SDV241702	Unknown: Unknown.
SDV241704	Article in Serial: Brooke, J.. 1965 - 1967. New light on Devon Great Consols. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. 30. Unknown. 183-4.
SDV241711	National Monuments Record Database: National Monuments Record. 2009. SX4273/4-16. National Monuments Record Index. Website.
SDV241713	Article in Serial: Goodridge, T. C.. 1964. Devon Great Consols: a study of Victorian living. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 96. A5 Hardback. 228-68.
SDV241718	Monograph: Symons, A.. 1884. Geology of Cornwall. Unknown.
SDV241719	Monograph: Kelly, A.. 1910. Directory of Devon. Unknown.
SDV241721	Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1980. SX47SW30. OSAD Card. Card Index + Digital.
SDV241724	Article in Serial: Worth, R. N.. 1875. Progress of mining skill on Dartmoor. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 7. A5 Hardback. 209.
SDV241726	Monograph: Hunt, R.. 1887. British Mining. British Mining. Unknown.
SDV241727	Unknown: Hunt, R.. 1870-1872. Mineral Statistics. Mineral Statistics. Unknown.
SDV241728	Record Office Collection: Bedford Estate Office. Plans R 88 A - 4406 M. R. O.. D11 Devon Great Consols. Unknown.
SDV241731	Article in Serial: Phillips, J. A. L.. Ore Deposits. Unknown.
SDV241732	Article in Serial: Barclay, A.. West Devon Mining. Unknown.
SDV241736	Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1985. DAP/FI. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 12,12A.
SDV241746	Article in Serial: Nance, R. W. + Nance, R. D.. 1996. A Survey of Engine Houses on the Mines of South Devon. Mining History: Bulletin PDMHS. The Archaeology of Mining and Metallurgy in South-West Britain. 13, Number 2. A4 Paperback. 109-22.
SDV241750	Report - Assessment: Buck, C.. 1998. Preliminary Assessment of Sites of Archaelogical Importance in the Tamar Valley. Cornwall Archaeological Unit Report. A4 Bound. 35.
SDV241751	Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1990. DAP/SD. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 14,15.
SDV241752	Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1990. DAP/SE. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 1-6.
SDV241758	Report - Assessment: Buck, C.. 2002. Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment. Cornwall Archaeological Unit Report. 2002R069. Digital + A4. 1,4-5,17,239-53. [Mapped feature: #89934 ]
	Linked documents:1
SDV242421	Monograph: Collins, J. H.. 1895. Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon. Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon. Unknown.
SDV242422	Monograph: Spargo, T.. 1864. Mines of Cornwall and Devon. Mines of Cornwall and Devon. Unknown.
SDV242424	Monograph: Williams, J.. 1862. Cornwall and Devon Mining Directory. Cornwall and Devon Mining Directory. Unknown.
SDV24522	Article in Serial: Worth, R. N.. 1875. The Economic Geology of Devon. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 7. Digital. 224.
SDV263249	Report - non-specific: Weddell, P. J. + Pye, A. R.. 1989. Gawton Mine and Arsenic Works: The Documentary Research 1988. Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Report. 89.01. A4 Stapled + Digital.
SDV319814	Report - non-specific: Dyer, M. J. + Manning, P. T.. 1998. Objective 5B: Lower Tamar Valley Recreation and Land Management Iinitiative: Cultural Heritage Appraisal. Exeter Archaeology Report. 98.60. A4 Stapled + Digital. 34.
SDV323594	Monograph: Collins, J. H.. 1912. Observations on the West of England Mining Region. Observations on the West of England Mining Region. Unknown.
SDV323598	Article in Serial: Richardson, P. H. G.. 1992. The Mines of Dartmoor and the Tamar Valley after 1913. British Mining. 44. A5 Paperback. 94-108.
SDV325629	Monograph: Cherry, B. + Pevsner, N.. 1989. The Buildings of England: Devon. The Buildings of England: Devon. Hardback Volume.
SDV342538	Report - Assessment: Exeter Archaeology. 1998. Objective 5B: Lower Tamar Valley Recreation and Land Management Iinitiative: Cultural Heritage Appraisal: Artiscombe Farm. Exeter Archaeology Report. 98.21. A4 Stapled + Digital. 3.
SDV342551	Report - Assessment: Exeter Archaeology. 1998. Objective 5B: Lower Tamar Valley Recreation and Land Management Iinitiative: Cultural Heritage Appraisal: Three Oaks Farm. Exeter Archaeology Report. 98.23. A4 Stapled + Digital. 2.
SDV342579	Report - Assessment: Exeter Archaeology. 1998. Objective 5B: Lower Tamar Valley Recreation and Land Management Iinitiative: Cultural Heritage Appraisal: Higher Artiscombe Farm. Exeter Archaeology Report. 98.22. A4 Stapled + Digital. 2.
SDV346287	Interpretation: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. 2001-2002. Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records. National Mapping Programme. Map (Digital). RAF/CPE/UK/2149/4193-8 1947.
SDV354806	Monograph: The Tavistock and District Local History Society. 1994. About Tavistock: An Historical Introduction and Six Town Walks. About Tavistock: An Historical Introduction and Six Town Walks. A5 Paperback. 12-13.
SDV357940	Report - non-specific: Andrew Brown. 1998. Monuments Protection Programme The Non-Ferrous Metals (Tin, Copper, Arsenic and Minor Metals) Industries: Appendix III, Step 4 Report. Monument Protection Programme. A4 Unbound.
SDV359374	Personal Comment: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2016. Backlog Recording of the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Survey. Not Applicable.
SDV361388	Report - Assessment: Buck, C.. 2012. Bedford Mine Trail, Gulworthy, Devon: Impact Assessment. Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service Report. 2012R063. Digital. 12.
SDV361654	Article in Serial: Goodridge, J.. 2008. Tamar View, The Horn of Plenty and the Devonshire Great Consolidated Copper Mining Company. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 140. Paperback Volume. 227-244.
SDV361789	Monograph: Waterhouse, R.. 2017. The Tavistock Canal. Its History and Archaeology. The Tavistock Canal. Its History and Archaeology. Paperback Volume. 213-14,.
SDV363945	Interpretation: 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). Historic England Research Report. Digital.
SDV363954	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2000-2019. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 20-FEB-2005; 03-FEB-2007 & 17-JAN-2010.
SDV363955	Cartographic: NERC. 2013. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: Tamar Aerial Survey project area. Digital. LIDAR Tellus LAST RETURN 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013.
SDV60709	Report - Assessment: Greeves, T. A. P.. 1991. An Assessment of Copper Mining in Devon (Copper, Brass, Tin). A4 Stapled + Digital. 1,8,14.
SDV60737	Article in Serial: Ramsden, J. V.. 1952. Notes on the Mines of Devonshire. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 84. A5 Hardback. 93.
SDV6497	Monograph: White, W.. 1850/1968. White's Devon. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Devonshire. white's Devon. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Devonshire. Hardback Volume.
SDV7016	Monograph: Minchinton, W. E.. 1976. Industrial Archaeology in Devon. Industrial Archaeology in Devon. Paperback Volume. 28.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV1163 - Preliminary assessment of industrial sites of archaeological importance in the Tamar Valley
• EDV1165 - Gawton mine and arsenic works: documentary research
• EDV1170 - Gawton mine and arsenic works: field survey
• EDV1171 - Objective 5b: Lower Tamar Valley: Three Oaks Farm
• EDV1174 - Preliminary assessment of sites of archaeological importance in the Tamar Valley
• EDV1177 - Objective 5b: Lower Tamar Valley: cultural heritage appraisal
• EDV1178 - Devon Great Consols: archaeological assessment
• EDV1445 - Lower Tamar Valley Heritage Appraisal: Artiscombe Farm
• EDV1446 - Lower Tamar Valley Heritage Appraisal: Higher Artiscombe Farm
• EDV5333 - Impact Assessment Report on Devon Great Consols Mine
• EDV5334 - Impact Assessment of the Arsenic Works at Devon Great Consols Mine
• EDV5336 - Structural Appraisal of the Arsenic Works at Devon Great Consols Mine
• EDV5407 - Surface Reconnaissance Inspection at Devon Great Consols and Bedford United Mines
• EDV5535 - Walkover Reconnaissance Inspection, Devon Great Consols and Bedford United Mines
• EDV5662 - Archaeological Appraisal of 2 Rock View, Devon Great Consols
• EDV6006 - Archaeological Monitoring and Recording at 2 Rock View, Devon Consols
• 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)
• EDV9110 - Impact Assessment: Bedford Mine Trail, Gulworthy

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