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Part of the mining complex of Wheal Basset and Grylls Mine called Tyack's Shaft

England
List entry 1007289
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007289
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
SW 69335 32889
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Tyack's Shaft is a component of the integrated mining complex comprising Wheal Basset and Grylls Mine, located in Cornwall. The shaft dates to the industrial mining period, reflecting the intensive tin and copper extraction that characterised Cornish mining during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. As part of this larger operation, Tyack's Shaft represents the vertical access infrastructure essential to underground mining activity, allowing miners to descend to working levels and facilitate the movement of ore and water management systems. The site survives as a scheduled ancient monument, preserving evidence of Cornwall's significant contribution to Britain's industrial heritage and the technological developments in deep mining during this period.

Part of the mining complex of Wheal Basset and Grylls Mine called Tyack's Shaft is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007289. View the official record →

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What is Part of the mining complex of Wheal Basset and Grylls Mine called Tyack's Shaft?

Tyack's Shaft is a component of the integrated mining complex comprising Wheal Basset and Grylls Mine, located in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007289.

Who is responsible for protecting Part of the mining complex of Wheal Basset and Grylls Mine called Tyack's Shaft?

Part of the mining complex of Wheal Basset and Grylls Mine called Tyack's Shaft 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 1007289.

What other scheduled monuments are near Part of the mining complex of Wheal Basset and Grylls Mine called Tyack's Shaft?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 210m NNE of Holifield Farm (6.2 km), Round 260m south of Tenament Farm (6.8 km), Two wayside crosses, south and east of Bonallack Barton (7 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
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Civil War
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Geology
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 210m NNE of Holifield Farm
6.2 km
Round 260m south of Tenament Farm
6.8 km
Two wayside crosses, south and east of Bonallack Barton
7 km
Three rectangular defended enclosures 460m north east of Merthen Manor
7.3 km
Mawgan Cross early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross shaft
8.1 km
Slight univallate hillfort immediately south west of Gear
8.5 km
Iron Age or Romano-British Round, 660m west of Helford
8.8 km
Round with annexe called 'Caer Vallack'
9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Part of the mining complex of Wheal Basset and Grylls Mine called Tyack's Shaft

Part of the mining complex of Wheal Basset and Grylls Mine called Tyack's Shaft stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

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