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Part of the china clay works known as Wheal Martyn

England

List entry 1003265

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1003265

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

1.23 hectares

Grid reference

SX 00353 55479, SX 00505 55361

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Wheal Martyn is a china clay works located in Cornwall that represents the industrial development of the region's clay extraction industry. The site comprises part of a working and historic china clay extraction complex that developed during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, reflecting the expansion of Cornwall's important china clay industry. The monument includes evidence of the extraction, processing, and waste disposal methods characteristic of this period of industrial activity. The site's physical remains demonstrate the scale and methods of clay working that became central to Cornwall's economy during the industrial era.

Part of the china clay works known as Wheal Martyn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003265. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Part of the china clay works known as Wheal Martyn?

Wheal Martyn is a china clay works located in Cornwall that represents the industrial development of the region's clay extraction industry. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003265.

Who is responsible for protecting Part of the china clay works known as Wheal Martyn?

Part of the china clay works known as Wheal Martyn 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 1003265.

What other scheduled monuments are near Part of the china clay works known as Wheal Martyn?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sticker Camp later Prehistoric-Roman round (5.4 km), Part of a mining complex at South Polgooth Mine (5.7 km), Round called Castle Gotha (6.1 km).

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Overview

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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.

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Target Zones

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Sticker Camp later Prehistoric-Roman round

5.4 km

Part of a mining complex at South Polgooth Mine

5.7 km

Round called Castle Gotha

6.1 km

Chapel Well, Towan

6.5 km

Medieval wayside cross base 550m WNW of Lanhadron Farm

7.7 km

Resugga Castle later prehistoric univallate hillfort

7.8 km

Promontory fort at Black Head

8.1 km

Wayside cross 35m south of Heligan House

9 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Part of the china clay works known as Wheal Martyn

Part of the china clay works known as Wheal Martyn stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Part of the china clay works known as Wheal Martyn

Battle of Lostwithiel 31 August - 1 September 1644Battle (1644) · ~6.1 miles Battle of Lostwithiel 21 August 1644Battle (1644) · ~7.9 miles Battle of Braddock Down (1643)Battle (1643) · ~11.6 miles

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