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| HER Number: | MDV62635 |
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| Name: | Water Wheel at Boringdon Park Mine |
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Summary
A water wheel, 35 feet in diameter drove crushing equipment on a rectangular platform
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 531 584 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX55NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Sparkwell |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | PLYMPTON ST.MARY |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX55NW/28/1
- Old SAM Ref: 33780
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WATER WHEEL (XIX - 1852 AD to 1857 AD (Between))
Full description
Bodman, M., 1998, Water-Powered Sites in Devon, 23 (Report - non-specific). SDV305931.
Site of mill at Boringdon Park Mine. Other details: Site 11.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2003, Post-Medieval Deer Park, Medieval Fishpond, 18th century Triumphal Arch and a 19th Century Lead Mine, Ore Works and Smelt Mill at Boringdon Park (Schedule Document). SDV343933.
Two large rectangular embanked reservoirs on the hillside to the east of the engine shaft supplied water for the boiler of the pumping engine and a 35 foot (10.6 metres) diameter water wheel, which drove crushing equipment on a rectangular platform, 60 metres to the west.
English Heritage, 2009, Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South West, 110 (Report - non-specific). SDV342694.
Extensive significant problems. Principal vulnerability collapse.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV305931 | Report - non-specific: Bodman, M.. 1998. Water-Powered Sites in Devon. A4 Spiral Bound. 23. |
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| SDV342694 | Report - non-specific: English Heritage. 2009. Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South West. English Heritage Report. A4 Bound +Digital. 110. |
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| SDV343933 | Schedule Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2003. Post-Medieval Deer Park, Medieval Fishpond, 18th century Triumphal Arch and a 19th Century Lead Mine, Ore Works and Smelt Mill at Boringdon Park. The Schedule of Monuments. A4 Stapled. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV5537 | Part of: Boringdon Park Mine, Sparkwell (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 19 2010 8:38AM |
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