Birch Aller Mine, Devon
Moretonhampstead: grid reference SX826870
Otherwise known as Birch Ellers Mine, the pumping engine house was built in 1853 and housed a 30-inch pumping engine with an eight foot stroke. Birch Aller worked a lead lode from Old Engine Shaft and Pyes (or Whim) Shafts. It is situated at the northern end of the Teign valley about half a mile northwest of the hamlet of Bridford to the southwest of Exeter. The mine was not a success and the venture was up for sale in 1855. There are no records of production.
A chimney still stands on the site with a sign reading 'Birch Aller Mine 1853-56 repointed 1995" by the DNPA and the owners of Many Waters nearby'.
Other nearby mines and their main ores
Bridford (approx. 0.6 km; BARYTES)
Lawrence (approx. 2.0 km; COPPER & LEAD)
Teign Mine (approx. 2.4 km; MANGANESE)
Bennah (approx. 2.5 km; SILVER-LEAD)
Aller (approx. 3.2 km; SILVER-LEAD & MANGANESE)
Wheal Exmouth and Adams (approx. 3.5 km; SILVER-LEAD & ZINC)
Wheal Exmouth (approx. 4.3 km; LEAD, SILVER & ZINC)
Frank Mills Mine (approx. 5.2 km; LEAD, SILVER, IRON, BARYTES & FLUORSPAR)
Great Rock Mine (approx. 5.6 km; MICACEOUS HAEMATITE)
South Exmouth (approx. 6.4 km; SILVER-LEAD, COPPER & MANGANESE)
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