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The Tamar Canal is a scheduled ancient monument comprising interconnected water management features constructed to serve industrial and agricultural purposes in Cornwall. The canal, lock, island, and salmon keeping pond represent engineering works associated with medieval or early modern exploitation of the Tamar Valley's resources, though the precise dating and original function of individual components remain subjects of archaeological interpretation. These features collectively demonstrate the historical development of water control technology in the region and the importance of riverine infrastructure to local economic activity. The monument's designation reflects its significance as a rare surviving example of integrated hydraulic engineering from this period in Cornwall's industrial heritage.
Canal, lock, island and salmon keeping pond known collectively as the Tamar Canal is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007302. View the official record →
The Tamar Canal is a scheduled ancient monument comprising interconnected water management features constructed to serve industrial and agricultural purposes in Cornwall.
Canal, lock, island and salmon keeping pond known collectively as the Tamar Canal is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1007302.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Morwellham Quay: transport infrastructure, part of the water control system and a manganese mill (1.4 km), Okeltor 19th century arsenic, copper and tin mine (2.2 km), Gawton arsenic mine and flue (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Canal, lock, island and salmon keeping pond known collectively as the Tamar Canal's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Canal, lock, island and salmon keeping pond known collectively as the Tamar Canal stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.