Scheduled MonumentsEnglandNew Consols Mine: surface, buried and underground remains, Luckett

New Consols Mine: surface, buried and underground remains, Luckett

England
List entry 1409595
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1409595
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
6.55 hectares
Grid reference
SX3869473462, SX3872573795
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

New Consols Mine is a tin and copper mining complex located near Luckett in Cornwall, England, dating from the industrial period of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The site comprises surface structures, buried archaeological deposits, and extensive underground workings that represent the technological and commercial expansion of Cornish metal mining during this era. The surviving remains include engine houses, mining infrastructure, and the characteristic landscape modifications of tin and copper extraction. As a designated ancient monument, New Consols Mine preserves important evidence of Cornwall's significant role in Britain's industrial heritage and the methods of mineral exploitation that characterised the region during the height of its mining activity.

New Consols Mine: surface, buried and underground remains, Luckett is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1409595. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is New Consols Mine: surface, buried and underground remains, Luckett?

New Consols Mine is a tin and copper mining complex located near Luckett in Cornwall, England, dating from the industrial period of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1409595.

Who is responsible for protecting New Consols Mine: surface, buried and underground remains, Luckett?

New Consols Mine: surface, buried and underground remains, Luckett 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 1409595.

What other scheduled monuments are near New Consols Mine: surface, buried and underground remains, Luckett?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prince of Wales Mine at Harrowbarrow (3.5 km), Dupath holy well, 45m NNE of Dupath Farm (4.7 km), Medieval churchyard cross in Callington churchyard (5 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about New Consols Mine: surface, buried and underground remains, Luckett

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under New Consols Mine: surface, buried and underground remains, Luckett

New Consols Mine: surface, buried and underground remains, Luckett stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.