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| HER Number: | MDV70453 |
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| Name: | SHAFT in the Parish of Gulworthy |
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Summary
’engine shaft’ is shown on the 1867 lode map & the 1884 os map on ‘main lode’. The shaft would have pumped & wound ore from the working levels. The 1867 survey plan shows a cleared area to the south of the shaft which may have been a capstan/horsewhim & a large spoil heap around the downslope sides of the shaft. The survey in 2003 found the flooded shaft had a wide 10m x 9m opening with collapsed north & southwest walls. A square building is shown on the 1867 survey plan to the northwest of the shaft but no evidence survives. Ore from the copper crusher appears to have been piled on a flat stone surface on the western side of the shaft before being loaded onto barges (buck).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 434 718 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX47SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Gulworthy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | TAVISTOCK |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX47SW/511/23
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SHAFT (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
BUCK, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219466.
’engine shaft’ is shown on the 1867 lode map & the 1884 os map on ‘main lode’. The shaft would have pumped & wound ore from the working levels. The 1867 survey plan shows a cleared area to the south of the shaft which may have been a capstan/horsewhim & a large spoil heap around the downslope sides of the shaft. The survey in 2003 found the flooded shaft had a wide 10m x 9m opening with collapsed north & southwest walls. A square building is shown on the 1867 survey plan to the northwest of the shaft but no evidence survives. Ore from the copper crusher appears to have been piled on a flat stone surface on the western side of the shaft before being loaded onto barges (buck).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV267650.
Des=buck, c.(cornwall archaeological unit)/bedford united mine: archaeological assessment/(2003)94+figs 8,16,24/cau report no 2003ro43 sites 124-125 in smr.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV219466 | Migrated Record: BUCK. |
| SDV267650 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments
| MDV22883 | Part of: South Bedford Copper Mine (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 8 2016 1:53PM |
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