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Wheal Katherine, 235m west of Plym Ford, forming an outlying part of Eylesbarrow Tin Mine

England
List entry 1021056
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021056
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
4.53 hectares
Grid reference
SX 60832 68441
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Wheal Katherine is a tin mine forming an outlying section of the Eylesbarrow Tin Mine complex located west of Plym Ford on Dartmoor in Devon. The site represents exploitation of tin deposits during the medieval and early modern periods, when tin mining was a significant industry across Dartmoor. The workings comprise characteristic features of historic tin extraction including surface disturbance resulting from opencast and shallow mining operations. As a component of the broader Eylesbarrow mineral working landscape, Wheal Katherine contributes to the archaeological record of Dartmoor's mining heritage and is protected as an ancient monument.

Wheal Katherine, 235m west of Plym Ford, forming an outlying part of Eylesbarrow Tin Mine is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021056. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Wheal Katherine, 235m west of Plym Ford, forming an outlying part of Eylesbarrow Tin Mine?

Wheal Katherine is a tin mine forming an outlying section of the Eylesbarrow Tin Mine complex located west of Plym Ford on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021056.

Who is responsible for protecting Wheal Katherine, 235m west of Plym Ford, forming an outlying part of Eylesbarrow Tin Mine?

Wheal Katherine, 235m west of Plym Ford, forming an outlying part of Eylesbarrow Tin 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 1021056.

What other scheduled monuments are near Wheal Katherine, 235m west of Plym Ford, forming an outlying part of Eylesbarrow Tin Mine?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn on Weatherdon Hill (10.4 km), Cairn on Weatherdon Hill (10.4 km), Cairn north-west of Butterdon Hill (10.6 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
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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Cairn on Weatherdon Hill
10.4 km
Cairn on Weatherdon Hill
10.4 km
Cairn north-west of Butterdon Hill
10.6 km
One of a group of four cairns on Butterdon Hill
10.7 km
One of a group of four cairns on Butterdon Hill
10.8 km
One of a group of four cairns on Butterdon Hill
10.8 km
One of a group of four cairns on Butterdon Hill
11 km
Cairn near summit of Ugborough Beacon
11 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Wheal Katherine, 235m west of Plym Ford, forming an outlying part of Eylesbarrow Tin Mine

Wheal Katherine, 235m west of Plym Ford, forming an outlying part of Eylesbarrow Tin Mine stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Wheal Katherine, 235m west of Plym Ford, forming an outlying part of Eylesbarrow Tin Mine

ExeterRoman town · ~24.4 miles
Domesday entry for Meavy, meavy and Meavy, Devon →
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