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Western Power Distribution depot, Pool, Cornwall |
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Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Historic Environment Projects was commissioned by Nick Bray (Senior Project Surveyor) of Midas Construction to undertake an archaeological watching brief at the Western Power Distribution (WPD) depot, Trevenson Road, Pool during the ground works for the redevelopment of the existing site. The site is centred on part of Trevenson Mine, one of the three most important early 18th century copper mines in Cornwall, which was later re-worked as part of East Wheal Crofty and later as part of North Wheal Crofty and eventually South Crofty. The 1877 OS map shows it to have been occupied by North Crofty Mine. Evidence for at least two phases of mining was identified within the course of the work. The earliest feature encountered is a small outcrop shaft found in the western footings of the new building. Lying on the line of Reeve's Lode it is probably one of several workings depicted on the 1737 map of Tehidy Manor drawn up by Doidge suggesting a possible 18th century date for this feature. A grouping of prospecting pits found in the northwestern corner of the site could be contemporaneous with this, but working, or searching for the surface outcropping of Fane's lode. A second phase of mining seems to be represented by the shaft at SW 66330 41360, identified as Praed's Shaft. This shaft appears to be disused on the 1880 OS map, suggesting a probable late 18th or early 19th century date. The archaeological monitoring during excavation of the trenches across the development area revealed deposits of mine waste, burnt material and red clay, likely to be associated with processes at North Crofty Mine spread across the site. The amount of modern material seen mixed within these spreads suggests that the main phase of landscaping of the area occurred when this area was converted to a depot in the 1950s by the South Western Electricity Board (SWEB). No other features of archaeological interest were seen over the area of the site and no artefacts were recovered. |
Author: |
C Thorpe
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Publisher: |
Cornwall Archaeological Unit
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2014
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Locations: |
Site: |
WPD Depot, Pool |
Parish: |
CARN BREA |
District: |
Cornwall |
County: |
Cornwall |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Reeves Lode |
Location - Auto Detected: |
North Crofty Mine |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Trevenson Road Pool |
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Cornwall |
Grid Reference: 166318, 41404 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
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NONE
(Find)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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MINE
(Monument Type England)
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Early 18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Late 18th (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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WATCHING BRIEF
(Event)
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Early 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
1737 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
cornwall2-181922 |
OBIB: |
Report number 2014R050 |
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Note: |
Bound A4 archive report.
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Created Date: |
28 Nov 2016 |