List of Mines in North Devon and West Somerset

Un-named Mine.

Site Identification Number - 114

North Molton parish, Devon

NGR SS729.326.

Shaft and shallow adit 350 yds north of Great Heasley Farm. Appears to be ancient working for copper.

For brief details of iron and copper mining in this parish see Atkinson 1997, pp. 37-9 and 42-55 respectively.

Note - the author’s view of copper/gold mining development in this parish is not in agreement with that expressed by Dixon in Atkinson 1997. See Claughton Jan 1997 for areas of disagreement.

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Dr Peter Claughton
P.F.Claughton@exeter.ac.uk
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