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w KEY TO MAP of THE To Chipshop A Family Walk along the Trails w Scrubtor Follow road to 0 P (c. 00.5.5 km) w 1 Car Park Horsebridge (c.1.5(c.1.5 km) 13 . 8 8 and road route to Site of t Site of a 3 2 Wheal When you reach the information 3 2 Scrubtor Car Park Wheal m Josiah 14 4 Emma point situated in the ruins of a a 0 Chimney mine r 9 mine former mine office building i , take tr Information a STEEP a look at the display panels and explore il Information point Public conveniences DEVON GREAT CONSOLS 8 Point HILL s i WC Wheal 9 12 UP the fascinating remains of the arsenic . P Disabled i co Bike hire Picnic area Maria Parking calciners. H Arsenic 2 u only 5 k Café Pub Wheal Calciners (For a longer walk, you can join the circular green Fanny STEEP 3 HILL UP (Wheal Maria) trail at point 5 , winding through Steep Gradient (arrow points uphill) 2 13 10 Blanchdown Woods - please keep dogs on lead. 11 Viewpoint Wheal This includes steep hills and would add c.2 hours to 1 Josiah 14 Wheal your walk.) Location of former mining operations 3 i Old mine Emma 2 office North P 4 Chimney WC i R To stay on level paths, retrace your steps back along Podcast available about this area H ive 2 r Ta and café Walkers Find out more overleaf 0 0.25 0.5km m the red route to the car park. ! Take care! 8 only ar Approx. 1 hour walk 9 12 Visit www.tamartrails.co.uk from the Tamar For those happy to tackle some steeper gradients, and Gawton Gravity Hub: specialist downhill bike trails. Tel. 01822 833409 Length of Route: c.3km Time to Walk: c. 1Ω hrs Trails Centre 1 “more adventurous” buggy-pushers, pick up the Wheal Allow approx. 5 Wheal This suggested circular walk is a great Walking trail 2 hours’ walk Anna Josiah trail (shown on this map in dark blue) to head Arsenic Maria Walkers introduction to the Tamar Trails: to complete 3 only back towards the Tamar Trails Centre - head east and Cycling trail this circuit Leave the car park on the path at the far (northern) 7 Calciners downhill, past Blanchdown Adit 1 0 and up through the from point 5 end. Follow the red trail to the right, signposted to Horse riding trail Blanchdown 11 10 woods until you rejoin the red trail and follow this Devon Great Consols. When you reach the T-juction, Trail suitable for buggies Wood back into the car park. turn left and follow the trail for c.0.5km to pass near Dogs must be kept on a lead to prevent disturbance to To Tavistock to the site of Wheal Emma 13 . Follow the red trail round Reward yourself with a drink at the Centre’s Beech wildlife / rare ground-nesting birds P (c.1Ω miles/ to the left and continue through the remains of Wheal Café - and start planning the route of your next walk! 15 c.2 km) / Public Footpaths / other routes with public access 2 Josiah, heading towards the tall hill-top chimney. ar 5 Underpass Walkers am only T Mineral Railway Tra il er iv Points of Interest along the Trails i Wheal R Gulworthy A390 Frementor Along some of the Trails you will find a series of numbered markers relating to features of interest. Journey through working coniferous woodland along 6 Road 1.1 Wheal Maria. In 1844, a great copper strike here 8. Wheal Josiah. Named after Josiah Hitchins, the deepest Crossing 8 parts of the old mineral railway that once linked Devon Bedford founded the Devon Great Consols mine. Wheal Maria was shaft of Devon Great Consols was sunk deeper here at the ! Great Consols Mine with the river port of Morwellham. Ta r United named after the wife of Josiah Hitchins, who had taken out insistence of the Duke of Bedford in the hope of finding tin. ma cove y Trail A wide path with a compacted stone surface, r y Dis the lease just before the strike. (Wheal is Cornish for mine). Nearby, rare Nightjars have made their home on the Valle BUS occasionally muddy in places after wet weather. The R 79 2.2 Wheal Maria. Rich deposits of copper ore were found in heathland that is reclaiming the former mine workings. trail is generally level, with some short steeper sections. Gunnislake Gard’s shaft just 18 fathoms (36m) from the surface. The Visit the information point in the ruined mine office 5 From the Tamar Trails Centre north to point of interest : Clitters Mine lode (vein of mineral) was 12m wide and stretched east- building to learn more about the history of the mine. 2km – 1 hour each way walking, 20-30 mins cycling. 1 wards for over 3km. The large waste dump is from a crusher. 9.9 Wheal Anna Maria Arsenic Tailings. From the Tamar Trails Centre south to point of interest 2 1: 3.3 Wheal Fanny. When this mine (named after Josiah’s The orange sand tips are waste from the 1920s arsenic 3km – 1Ω hours each way walking, 30-45 mins cycling. mining and refining. 20 Approx. Ω hour walk daughter) was started in 1845, ore was struck at only 3 Wheal Maria Tra il from the Tamar fathoms (5.5 m) from surface. 1100 Blanchdown Adit. A good place, particularly after heavy P 17 Trails Centre rains, to see orange-coloured water discharging from the 4.4 2 Blanchdown Wood. These woods have had only 3 Blanchdown Adit. The colour is due to ochre (iron oxide, or South owners since records began: Tavistock Abbey until 1540; the Pass through mixed woodland with spectacular views The WC Bedford 16 Russell family (later Earls and Dukes of Bedford) until 1959; ‘rust’), a natural pigment once sold for use in paint. across the Tamar Valley and its mining heritage. Mine Tamar Trails 18 ! and the Tavistock Woodlands Estate of the Earls of Bradford, 1111 Wheal Anna Maria Copper Tailings. These dumps contain The trail is wide, on compacted stone tracks, with to use to date. slimes (residue left after ore ‘dressing’), dating from the loose stone in parts. It has some level sections, are FREE Gunnislake some ar. mine’s copper heyday. with a number of steep descents and climbs. and open all ye 5.5 Wheal Anna Maria. Named Chimney 1122 Wheal Josiah Railway Tunnel. The partially collapsed 3.5km – 2 hour circuit, walking, from point of interest 5 ; Visit the after the Duchess of Bedford. When the copper waned, Devon tunnel under the waste rock dump marks the line of the 40-60 mins cycling. rails Centre Rock Tamar T Great Consols became the Devon Great Consols Railway. 1 This followed the ridge nd out Wheal Josiah Trail to fi world’s largest arsenic mine as above the Tamar Valley, to an inclined plane above more. 19 demand for pesticides grew. Morwellham Quay. (some parts walking only) BUS Arsenic ore was refined on site 1133 Wheal Emma. The easternmost mine of the Devon Great STOP 87 Explore a variety of mining landscapes. The Rock by the ‘calcination’ process, Consols sett, named after William Morris’ mother. Opened in The trail is a wide path, with a generally compacted Remains of the arsenic yielding over 72,000 tons of 1848. stone surface, with some gradual gradients and calciners. refined arsenic! 3 To 1144 Wheal Emma Railway Bridge. This conserved railway occasional steep sections. Callington 6.6 Wheal Frementor. The large fenced ‘cavern’ is a ‘gunnis’ bridge carried an earlier cart track from Wheal Emma to 1.5km – 1 hour walking. (an open void left after ore has been removed). The ore Wheal Josiah. A390 here was tin and tungsten hosted in granite. On the Cornish Bedford United Tra il BUS 79 Russell riverbank and valley side (opposite) are the remains of 1155 Bawden’s Corner Bridge. A new underpass has been built STOP United Mine Gunnislake Clitters Mine. alongside the buried remains of the old railway tunnel. 16 South Bedford Mine. The various structures on this To Cotehele Approx. 1Ω hours’ walk 7.7 2 Blanchdown Wood. The Earl and his forester, Phil 16 An exciting adventure trail for the intrepid, past from the Tamar mine, formerly known as Wheal Luscombe, mostly date from (follow signs to join Trails Centre Hutt, developed the ‘Bradford-Hutt Plan’ for growing fascinating 18th and 19th century mine workings, with CANOE TAMAR trips - P conifers. This allows continuous cover in the woodland, the mid-19th century. great views over the Tamar. please book in advance) TAMAR despite regular commercial felling. 1177 Bedford United Mine Leat. The remains of a leat can be The trail is narrow, steep and uneven with steps VALLEY ! Canal seen on the left. This man-made watercourse brought water throughout the route. CENTRE Portal 0 0.5 1 km Morwell 21 i 23 from the Tavistock Canal above Morwellham to power 2km – 1Ω hour circuit from the Tamar Trails Centre. waterwheels for pumping, hauling and crushing at Wheal 4 Rock On road Russell and Bedford United Mines before returning it to Chimney Rock Trail 0 º Ω mile South Bedford Mine. Please remember: © Crown copyright. All rights reserved. 1188 Chimney Rock. Perched precariously on the precipitous The Tamar Trails have been created in a 22 License No: 100023302. Published 2014. Explore beech, oak and conifer woodland with sweeping Road valley sides overlooking Gunnislake, it commands wonderful beautiful, protected landscape for a wide Crossing North views.
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