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| HER Number: | MDV71305 |
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| Name: | Wheal Maria, Engine House |
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Summary
Site of an engine house, boiler house & chimney at Wheal Maria mine which was part of Devon Great Consols
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 418 738 |
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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: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENGINE HOUSE (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
1880s, 25" (Cartographic). SDV321407.
Site of 'Engine House' with a detached 'Chimney' to the south shown on OS 25" (1880s) map. Three adjoining buildings are shown with rectangular enclosure to the west.
Buck, C., 2002, Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment, 58-59+Figs 4,13,38 (Report - Assessment). SDV241758.
Engine house & boiler house at Wheal Maria shown on maps from 1848 which probably wound copper ore from Morris' Shaft (see PRN 56080) & by flat rods from Gard's Shaft (see PRN 3876). The 1848 map shows a tram road from this site to the dressing floors & grinder house to the west & the engine may have drawn empty trams back. The 1867 map shows an un-roofed area on the western side of the boiler house which may have been a coal store. The survey found the engine house to be a 4m long x 1m high mound of rubble with a short 1.8m section of wall 0.7m high at the northern end. At SX41847389 two large granite stones 2.1m long x 1.32m x 0.5m thick appeared to be cylinder bedstones removed from the engine house. The detached chimney to the south at SX41877386 was represented by pile of rubble 2.3m wide x 1m high with a square flue opening visible on the northern side. The possible coal store to the west was represented by very low remnants close to the edge of a later quarry. The quarry 25m wide x 4.5m deep at SX41857385 may be a 20C feature or the head of the tram road. Other details: Sites 39 + 39/1 + 40.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV241758 | Report - Assessment: Buck, C.. 2002. Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment. Cornwall Archaeological Unit Report. 2002R069. Digital + A4. 58-59+Figs 4,13,38. |
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| SDV321407 | Cartographic: 1880s. 25". 25". OS. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV3862 | Part of: Devon Great Consolidated Mine, Gulworthy (Monument) |
| MDV42207 | Part of: Devon Great Consols, Wheal Maria (Monument) |
| MDV71308 | Related to: Wheal Maria, Culvert (Monument) |
| MDV3876 | Related to: Wheal Maria, Gard's Shaft (Monument) |
| MDV56080 | Related to: Wheal Maria, Morris' Shaft (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV1240 - Devon Great Consols: Archaeological Assessment
| Date Last Edited: | May 3 2006 8:30PM |
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