June 15, 2020

EAST HUGHES MINE

Steve Grigg and Frank Collinson

East Hughes is a small mines of late 18th / early 19th century in the upper Newleycombe Valley. This is a beautiful, quiet and very peaceful little valley; it is well worth exploring. The research was taken from Dartmoor Magazine, Autumn 1987 edition – author Phil Newman.

East Hughes Mine Layout — This layout drawing is based on Dartmoor Magazine original.

East Hughes Map — Mine location on OS Map

EH 1 — Approaching the mine from the SW, valley sides of Newleycombe Lake start to steepen

EH 2 — Stone cairn in the tinners waste a few hundred metres from the mine

EH 3 — Local resident. Looking SW, with Leather Tor and Sharpitor on the horizon.

EH 4 — One of two tall mounds by the mine

EH 5 — Is this a cache? Looks like its been dug out . SX59301 69969

EH 6 — East Hughes Mine Tinners Hut. SX59276 69942

EH 7 — Fire place in the Tinners Hut.

EH 8 — Settling Pit (reedy area) downstream of the Tinners Hut. Down Tor visible on the horizon. SX59252 69943

EH 9 — Adit on the opposite side of Newleycombe Lake from the mine. SX59210 69954

EH 10 — Twin settling Pits upstream from the Tinners Hut. SX59299 69954

EH 11 — There are three further very small Settling Pits. This is the first at SX59311 69956

EH 12 — …..and the second at SX59315 69960

EH 13 — …and the final one at SX59319 69961

EH 14 — The wheel pit (nice example) at SX59328 69966

EH 15 — Holes in the wheelpit masonry (to hold an axle?).

EH 16 — Hole on the other side of wheelpit

EH 17 — Wheel race (water run off) from the wheel

EH 18 — Upstream from the mine are two mounds either side of Newleycombe Lake which would have taken and aqueduct / launder

EH 19 — Launder / Aqueduct

EH 20 — The mounds for the launder / aqueduct are at bottom of Willabeam (girt)

EH 21 — Launder / Aqueduct. SX59421 70007

EH 22 — Looking up at Willabeam, source of water for the aqueduct / launder.

EH 23 — Ford across Willabeam at SX59424 70031.You can make out the East Hughes Mine Leat down below (by the large rock in picture)

EH 24 — Top of the slope in Willabeam

EH 25 — Launder / aqueduct (red), leat water (light blue), Newleycombe Lake (dark blue)

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