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| HER Number: | MDV62525 |
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| Name: | Nun's Cross tunnel |
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Summary
Nun's Cross tunnel. The original tunnel apparently utilised several existing adits of Nun's Cross Mine and ran between arched granite portals at SX60736973 and SX60166987.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 606 697 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Extensive earthwork and structural remains of the late 18th century Devonport Leat, Bronze Age features north-east of Nun’s Cross, Whiteworks Tin Mine and other tinning remains on Walkhampton Common as well as earthworks of Bachelors Hall Mine
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NW/85/2
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TUNNEL (XIX to XXI - 1850 AD to 2011 AD (Between))
Full description
Trueman, M., 2000, Water and Sewage Step 3 Assessment (Report - non-specific). SDV288012.
Nun's Cross tunnels. Original tunnel apparently utilised several existing adits of Nun's Cross Mine. The resulting flow was apparently sluggish. It was replaced by the excavation of a new tunnel following a lower course in approximately 1850. The eastern entry of the original tunnel is approached by a disused channel running from SX60886985 to a stone wall (presumably the tunnel entrance) at SX60636978. The c.1850 tunnel runs between arched granite portals at SX60736973 and SX60166987. The latter opens onto a steep cutting, to the north of which is a ruined hut (SX60166991), that was apparently adopted by the leat cutters as a workshop (PRN 13184).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV288012 | Report - non-specific: Trueman, M.. 2000. Water and Sewage Step 3 Assessment. English Heritage Monuments Protection Programme Step 3 Report. Unknown. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV13184 | Related to: BUILDING in the Parish of Walkhampton (Building) |
| MDV63090 | Related to: MINE in the Parish of Walkhampton (Monument) |
| MDV113773 | Related to: Nun's Cross Farmstead, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV5096 | Related to: Nun's Cross, Walkhampton Common (Monument) |
| MDV15150 | Related to: Ruined farmhouse at Nun's Cross Farm, Dartmoor Forest (Building) |
| MDV19902 | Related to: The Devonport Leat, Dartmoor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 12 2018 4:28PM |
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