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Devon Great Consols Mine is a significant copper and arsenic mining complex located in Devon, England, that achieved prominence during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The site's arsenic works represent an important phase of industrial development, as arsenic became an increasingly valuable by-product of copper smelting operations during this period. The physical remains at the site, including processing structures and associated industrial infrastructure, reflect the technological methods employed in arsenic extraction and refinement during the early twentieth century. The Devon Great Consols complex stands as evidence of Devon's substantial contribution to Britain's mining and metallurgical industries during the height of industrial production.
Early 20th century arsenic works at the Devon Great Consols Mine is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020328. View the official record →
Devon Great Consols Mine is a significant copper and arsenic mining complex located in Devon, England, that achieved prominence during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020328.
Early 20th century arsenic works at the Devon Great Consols Mine 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 1020328.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Canal, lock, island and salmon keeping pond known collectively as the Tamar Canal (2.7 km), Prince of Wales Mine at Harrowbarrow (3.7 km), Morwellham Quay: transport infrastructure, part of the water control system and a manganese mill (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Early 20th century arsenic works at the Devon Great Consols Mine'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.
Early 20th century arsenic works at the Devon Great Consols Mine stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.