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| HER Number: | MDV72853 |
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| Name: | Devon Great Consols Railway Incline, Spoil Heap |
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Summary
Site of 19th century spoil heap at Devon Great Consols Railway incline. The spoil heap is visible as an irregularly shaped earthwork mound on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2010.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 442 703 |
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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
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SPOIL HEAP (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Site of a large spoil heap shown on the west side of Devon Great Consols Railway line at the southern end of the incline buildings complex.
Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 17-JAN-2010 (Cartographic). SDV363954.
An irregularly shaped mound is visible as an earthwork.
Buck, C., 2005, Wheal Russell Mine, Devon: Archaeological Assessment, 44 (Report - Assessment). SDV336659.
Site of spoil heap (Site 56) shown on the 1867 map on the west side of Devon Great Consols Railway (see PRN 3880) at the northern end of the incline (see PRN 72844). The survey found the spoil heap consisted of stone, ash & boiler house slag (see PRNs 72849 & 72850).
Hegarty, C., 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.
The spoil heap is visible as an irregularly shaped earthwork mound, circa 28 metres long by 18 metres wide, on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2010. It partly corresponds with an earthwork depicted on the late-19th century First Edition Ordnance Survey map.
The earthwork is not visible on other available aerial imagery owing to thick tree cover of Morwell Wood.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV336659 | Report - Assessment: Buck, C.. 2005. Wheal Russell Mine, Devon: Archaeological Assessment. Cornwall County Council Report. 2006R0004. A4 Stapled + Digital. 44. |
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| SDV363945 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., 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. |
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| 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 17-JAN-2010. [Mapped feature: #100261 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV72844 | Part of: Devon Great Consols Railway, Inclined Plane (Monument) |
| MDV72849 | Related to: Boiler House and Chimney at Devon Great Consols Railway Incline, Gulworthy (Monument) |
| MDV3880 | Related to: Devon Great Consols, Railway (Monument) |
| MDV72850 | Related to: Winder Engine House at Devon Great Consols Railway Incline, Gulworthy (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4040 - Wheal Russell Mine, Devon: Archaeological Assessment
- EDV8345 - Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 1 (AI&M) (Ref: ACD2380)
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 30 2021 1:30PM |
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