Belowda Mine Buildings Including Engine House, at SW 969621

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ROCHE SW 96 SE 1/198 Belowda Mine Buildings including - engine house, at SW 969621 II

Engine house, boiler house and smithy at Belowda Mine. Late C19. Granite rubble, with brick top to chimney. Rectangular plan engine house with chimney to north; the boiler house is about 10 metres to east, of rectangular plan. The smithy is about 30 metres to south west. These buildings were part of Belowda tin mine. The north front of the engine house has the chimney to right; the chimney is of circular plan, about 3 metres diameter at the base with an inspection hole at the base. The chimney is tapered, in granite rubble to the height of the engine house, and continued in brick. The north front of the engine house has 3 window openings, one at each storey, the upper 2 with brick jambs. Attached to the left side is a 2- storey lean-to, of later date, which projects beyond the engine house at the rear; it has a gable end at the rear, and 2 window openings to the side, the front has been partially demolished to form a cart entry. Attached to the right side is a 2-storey building with gable ends and corrugated iron roof; to the front this has an upper door approached by a flight of granite steps, and a window. To the rear there is a wide doorway to left and window to right, 2 blocked windows under eaves. To the rear of the engine house, the bob opening has brick jambs, and there is a doorway leading out on to a granite rubble platform. The boiler house is a small single storey rubble building with gable ends; the front faces south, with a doorway and a window opening, small single light in left gable end at upper level and opening to rear under the eaves. Formerly had a slate roof. Attached to the right side is a lower single storey lean-to with doorway to front and ventilation slit in rear wall. The smithy is a long, single storey building of 2-room plan, in granite rubble with quoins, corrugated iron roof with gable ends. The front faces north, and has central doorway with cambered brick head. The rear has 2 window openings, as on front. These buildings form a good group, important both for industrial archaeology and for their landscape value. Sources: Cornwall Committee for Archaeology.

Listing NGR: SW9690062100

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Title: Ordnance Survey 1:2500 SU7173 Source Date: Author: Publisher: Surveyor:
Title: 1:2500 Map Source Date: Author: Publisher: Surveyor: Ordnance Survey 1:2500 Map
Title: Source Date: Author: Publisher: Surveyor: Ordnance Survey depiction
Title: Source Date: Author: Publisher: Surveyor: Site shown on 1834 Tithe Map
Title: Source Date: Author: Publisher: Surveyor: Ordnance Survey Map used for previous sched. docs
3586,
Site recognised by Os in 1887,
Reference aerial photographs of ditch,
Reference to barrow cemetery,
Record no 01230,
No sign of ditch from A P`s,
Mention trace of ditch,
Mention trace of second barrow mound,
Mention reduction in barrow height,
Mention of mound on 1946 AP`s,
Mention of flint finds,
Mention of flint find by Westerling,
Mention of aerial photographs,
Mention excavations,
Types of pottery remains recovered,
Reference to Roman structures,
Record no 1185,
Part Excavations,
Mention cremations and inhumations,
Mention condition,
Mention 1903 Ordnance Survey Map,
Discussion of excavations at site,
Details of the excavations at site,
Details of the dates of excavations,
Details of finds from the site,
Description of other associated finds,
Card no 3623,
Collapse of structure,
34141,

SMR Record 219,
SMR Record 230,
Notes in file CB25/A, SR 102,
NAR record SO36SW14,
CUC BFA 22-24, CUC BFA 22-24,
Suggestion of early manor inside moat,
Reference to name Cadcong,
Reference to Crawford identification,
ref. 1676/0/3,
PRN 2408,
PI 288,
Mention wider cemetery,
Mention survey in 1985,
Mention OS report,
Mention of stoney patch in field,
Mention of Greenwell`s reference 218,
Mention of finds from site,
Mention location of gateway,
Mention group of 4 barrows,
Mention date of enclosure,
Mention composition of mound,
Interpretation as a RB boundary,
Identification as a saucer barrow,
Footings of building,
Details of the site name,
Details of south-eastern structures,
Details of aerial photographs,
Detail secondary defences,
Date of excavations at the site,
Card no 0516,
View of ridge and furrow,

information board in castle,
See 146456,
Details of Roman pottery from site,
3804,
4332,
SMR record no. 492.00000,
SMR no. 32.00,
Second bowl barrow nearby,
Record no 01238,
PRN 542,
Record 1052,
Outer banks 3m high,
Mention shale cup,
Mention size of barrow and ploughing,
Mention profile of ditch,
Mention of no sign of ditch from AP`s,
Mention of investigation by Peachy,
Mention of interpretation by Witts,
Mention field system,
Mention find of urn on south side,
Mention enclosure of hilltop,
Mention associated features,
Interpretation of mound as a barrow,
Interpretation of prospecting pit,
Different date of E-W gullies,
Details of pottery recovered,
Details of partial excavations,
Details of external burial,
Description of the ramparts,
Description of barrow,
Description of building,

Local enquiry,
Notes on file at HPG Midlands,
NAR Record card no SP95SW14,
NAR Card no SP95SW14,
Aerial view of field sytem, Aerial view of field sytem,
SMR no 1339.01.000,
Reference to hut circles in west,
Record no 148,
Record no 00186,
Originally surrounded by moat,
Mention wider barrow cemetery,
Mention 'T' shaped plan,
Mention primary inhumation,
Mention of observation by M Crooke,
Mention of Greenwell`s ref no. 217,
Mention of finds from the site,
Mention no sign of ditch from AP`s,
Mention field observtion,
Mention dimensions of barrow,
Mention berm of site,
Iron Age finds discovered by Warre,
Extensive disturbance by later sites,
Details of the Romano-British finds,
Details of southern cist at SW corner,
Details of excavations in 1874,
Description of urns found in 1925,
Date of excavations,
Card no 0517,
Record No. 01236,
Frances Griffith,
Annotation on record 6": 1 mile,
In possession of Mr Blunt (owner),
SMR Record 08203,
NAR Card no SP85SE19,
Held by Dr Canadine, The Manor House,
4333,
NMR TA0376/3/256,
4328,
South Yorks SMR (PI 372),
SMR Record no. 1022.12, 1022.13,
Shale working,
Recognition by OS in 1887,
PRN 2405 and 2485,
PI 333,
Mound does not extend NE,
Name of monument,
Mention part excav. by Wessex Arch,
Mention of records from 18th century,
Mention of entrance of site,
Mention of excavations at the site,
Mention no sign of ditch,
Mention nearby long barrow,
Mention dimensions of mound,
Mention barrow name,
Find of Roman coin,
Field banks enclosing farmstead,
Details of wall south of villa range,
Details of central cist at SW end,
Detail first defences,
Best surviving medieval remains in w,
Card no 0356,
Mention size of features,
MPP fieldwork by S.Gerrard,
Depiction on Ordnance Survey Map,
RCHME,
Ordnance Survey , 541/30/3047-48,
Possible enclosure within fieldsystem,
CUC RC8 GH63,
Two structures identified,
SMR record no. 492.01000,
Somerset SMR 33638,
Report of mounds on aerial photograph,
Record no 1221,
PRN 4327,
PI 156,
Name of long barrow,
Mention slit trenches on mound,
Mention part excavation by Austen,
Mention of pillow mound,
Mention of hut circles within fort,
Mention of excavation hollow,
Mention name of site,
Mention finds from the site,
Mention dimensions of barrow mound,
Mention barrow ditch,
Mention berm,
Interpretation of eastern entrance,
Finds at British Musuem,
Details of well,
Details of restoration (1976),
Details of circular structure,
Detail finds of RB pottery,
Description,
Card no 0308,
Extent of field system,
MPP fieldwork S. Gerrard,
Depiction,
On site interpretative board,
NAR Card no 1645,
Olique APs and a vertical AP in SMR,
Size of enclosure within field system,
0517 AP 13A,
Mention survey by G E Playne 1869,
Mention site of motte and bailey,
Mention proximity to long barrow,
Mention of name of site,
Mention of interpretation of long bar,
Mention of historic references,
Mention of first identification,
Mention location of additional stones,
Mention hole in mound in 1953,
Mention find of Bronze Age pottery,
Mention archaeological investigations,
Interpretation of pillow mounds,
Incorrect suggestion of banjo encl,
Details of the fabric of Priory wall,
Details of Skinner`s excavations,
Details of pits recorded by Dymand,
Description of the barrow cemetery,
Description of barrow cemetery,
Date of finds,
View of feature,
Dewpond to the west of settlement,
MPP fieldwork by S. Gerrard,
Notes in file CB25\A (SR 102),
NAR Card no SP95SW15,
MPP fieldwork by S. Gerrard,

The name of the monument,
The name of the monument,
The name of the monument,
Structure of burial chamber and finds,
Reference to Greenwell`s number 220,
Record no 358,
Priory replaced collegiate college,
PI 174,
Mention variance in size of barrow,
Mention surrounding quarry ditch,
Mention of watching brief (1939-40),
Mention of unauthorised prospecting,
Mention of historical references,
Mention of finds held at Taunton,
Mention millstream,
Mention hollow in barrow mound,
Mention destruction of barrow,
Mention Bronze Age urn,
Incorrect location,
Finds of 1885,
Details of the name of the site,
Details of size of rooms,
Details of 1953-4 excavations,
Detail of more extensive remains,
Dark ring around base of mound,
Card no 1293,
MPP fieldwork by S. Gerrard,

Report of name of field by Vlasto,
Record no 01869,
Record no 00187,
No sign of street plan,
Occurrence of graves across hilltop,
Name of the barrow,
Name of the site,
Mention possible site of manor house,
Mention of occupation debris,
Mention of early ploughing over site,
Mention of dry-stone revetment wall,
Mention of 17th century finds,
Mention of 25 coins of Theodosius,
Mention early date for field system,
Mention barrow,
Dissolution date of site,
Excavation conducted before 1880,
Discovery of circular footings 1873,
Dimensions of ditch from AP evidence,
Details of lifting gear of well,
Details of excavations,
Detail development of site AD 200-100,
Account of hut platforms,
AP`s showing traces of field system,
15th century date of smaller tower,
Conversation with owner,
On site information,
Oblique AP file SMR, untitled series,
Location of lynchets,
AP Ref No. MU CS 97,20, AP Ref No. MU CS 97,20,
Two stone structures,
Reference to dry stone wall on site,
Record no. 01241,
record no 070248,
No trace of ditch,
Name of the bowl barrow,
Mention wider round barrow cemetery,
Mention OS 1903 map,
Mention of survey by Dennison,
Mention of parish boundary wall,
Mention of finds from 1870 excavation,
Mention of earlier field boundary,
Mention of 1870 excavations by Lyons,
Mention mint at Cadanbyrig,
Mention ditch showing as a soil mark,
Mention dense vegetation,
Mention collegiate college,
Finds from surrounding area,
Excavation by Huntley in 1700,
Discovery of burial chamber in 1871,
Details of designers of Priory Church,
Details of 1975 excavation,
Detail size of mound,
Card no 0478,
Aerial photograph showing ditch,
33695,33696,33698,
19th century drawing in SMR file,
SMR Record 1661,
Size of terraces,
NMR 9240/3, NMR 9240/3,
CUC ARC 1-2, CUC ARC 1-2,
CUC BWC 024,
SMR record no. 492.01100,
Somerset 54640,
Reference to the two nearby barrows,
Record no 1051,
PRN 2426,
PRN 2417,
PI 159,
Mention structure with side extension,
Mention skeleton found in 1940-1,
Mention partial excavations,
Mention of period of occupation,
Mention of hollow-way as sunken track,
Mention of IA/RB fieldsystem,
Mention flag-staff,
Mention flinty mound,
Mention ditch of site,
Mention barrow group,
Interpretation as a siegework,
Interpretation of colonnade/portico,
Details of the structure of the site,
Details of restoration (1951-64),
Details of restoration by Joliffe,
Details of debris around well head,
Detail early IA occupation,
Description of appearance of site,
Derbyshire SMR (PRN 8115),
Extent of enclosure,
Mr R Webb, Lodge Secretary,
RCHM archive text,
NAR Card no SP70NW3,
NAR Card no SP84SW6,
4342,
Suggestion of bailey on AP`s,
Report of name of the field by Vlasto,
Record no 01244,
Presence of similar structures to S,
PI 257,
Name of site,
Mention second disc barrow nearby,
Mention other fishponds,
Mention of sketch of burial chambers,
Mention of iron ore and white clay,
Mention of enclosure rubble banks,
Mention mansion at 'The Bowl',
Mention hollow in top of mound,
Mention enclosing wall/ raised area,
Mention bank (NAR rept),
Iles interpretation of a pillow mound,
Finds of surounding area,
Dimensions of column,
Details of NE chamber and contents,
Details of barrow dimensions,
Detail partial excavations of 1955,
Description of E-W gullies,
Beaker pottery at Ashmolean Musuem,
View of site,
Recent survey by RCHME,
Field survey,
notes on file CB25/A (SR Rm 102),
EH Mon Terrier description,
Total size of village/field system,
AP NMR SO4494-95, AP NMR SO4494-95,
suggestion of monument as sheep encl,
Size of stone column,
SMR card no 3653,
Record no 00193,
Possibility of the name Portbury Hill,
Poss. early industrial significance,
Mention Tithe Map,
Mention the name of the site,
Mention revetment of mound,
Mention Roman deposits,
Mention of medieval pottery at moat,
Mention of motte and bailey castle,
Mention of Greenwell record no. 216,
Mention of Greenwell reference 219,
Mention house to the east,
Mention initial composure of building,
Mention field bank to the north,
Mention excavations by St George Gray,
Location of quarry ditch by Wessex Ar,
Location of ditch by Wessex Arch,
Heath present before const. of barrow,
Details of structure of barrow,
Details of SW chamber and contents,
Details of flintwork from the fort,
Description of finds made in 1925,
Description of NW ditch,
Construction during Civil War,
MPP site photo,
In possession of Mr Blunt (owner),
Conversation with CAO,
NAR SO36SW14,
NAR ST 87 SE 4,
Details of parchmarks at site,
Somerset 10594,
Reference to round barrow cemetery,
Record no 1166,
PRN 2425,
Oval shape in 1926,
Misinterpreted as a long barrow,
Mention size of barrow mound,
Mention ploughing of mound,
Mention other mounds within the area,
Mention of reference in Saxon Charter,
Mention of identification by Crooke,
Mention of field lynchets,
Mention no sign of a bailey,
Mention flat-topped mound,
Mention ditch,
Mention barrow mound,
Interpretation as stockpens,
Find of gold slater,
Details of tiled floor,
Details of Priory wall,
Details of central burial,
Detail dimensions of the ditch,
Description of avenue,
Date of gatehouse,
Card no 0461,
Sketchplan,
Oral with Dr T.A.P. Greeves,
Location,
RCHM archive text.,
NAR Card no SP74SE1,
Pickering, J,7757/4-8,13 7857/7,
CU ART 51 RC8 EV11,
Discovery,
Pitstone SP 91 NW 4/149,
SMR Record 1645,
FMW record,
Total area of surviving village,
Tesserated pavement found in 1888,
SX47SE062,
Size of feature,
Record no 00194,
PI 341,
Placename associations,
Nave completed in 1234,
Mention quarry,
Mention of unburnt human remains,
Mention of wartime installations,
Mention of mutilation,
Mention of cross bank and ditch,
Mention interpretation as a hutcircle,
Mention interpretation of kitchens,
Mention excavations by Alcock,
Mention,
Foundation date of site,
Heath est. before const. of barrow,
Discovery of RB cremations and graves,
Details of finds from excavations,
Details of 14th century pottery,
Details of 1856 excavation,
Details of 14th century alterations,
Description of SE ditch,
9131,
33834,
on display inside church,
Photographic evidence,
Conversation owners,
NMR record TQ 37 NE 68,
Description of samian and pottery,
Commemorative plaque at Priory House,
CUC BSC 002/003, CUC BSC 002/003,
Tesserated pavement found in 1888,
Reference the barrow,
Reference the barrow group,
Record no 01235,
No obvious signs of ditch on AP`s,
No mention by Grinsell/RCHME,
Mention tree clump circle,
Mention of urns from chambers,
Mention of various interpretations,
Mention of AP cropmarks to east,
Mention of artefacts from the site,
Mention excavation hollow in NE,
Mention condition of building,
Mention condition of barrow,
Foundation by de Redvers in c.1150,
Discovery of RB material around well,
Discovery of RB material during 19thC,
Details of finds,
Details of 1821 excavations,
Details of 1854 excavations,
Card no 1643,
682,
34859,
Church Guide,
SMR Record No. 01528,
SMR Ref. 00231,
Ancient monuments terrier,
CUC BZN 1-2, CUC BZN 1-2,
CUC PG8, CUC PG8,

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