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HER Number:MDV104246
Name:Dressing floor at Yarner Mine

Summary

Dressing platform at Yarrow Copper Mine, Yarner Wood. A complex site measuring 31 metres east-west by 8.2 metres north-south. Surveyed by Natural England volunteers in 2010.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 782 783
Map Sheet:SX77NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishBovey Tracey
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishBOVEY TRACEY

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • DRESSING FLOOR (XIX - 1857 AD to 1870 AD (Between))

Full description

Natural England Volunteers, 2009-2015, Natural England Volunteer Archaeological Survey, P7d, annotated sketch plan (Worksheet). SDV350591.

(Visited 30/04/2010) Dressing platform at Yarrow Copper Mine, Yarner Wood. A complex site measuring 31 metres north-east to south-west by 8.2 metres north-west to south-east. There are two exit points to the front and one at the upstream edge. At the western end there is an overflow that is thought to lead back to the stream and adjacent to the southern edge of the floor is a small leat with associated drainage channel for washing ore during the dressing process. Two tracks lead to the platform at the eastern end, from the mine extraction shaft and to the area used for crushing the ore. There is a further track to remove the spoil material identified on the north of the site, at the point at which the launder was identified.
Thirteen photographs taken. Photographic record held by Natural England.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV350591Worksheet: Natural England Volunteers. 2009-2015. Natural England Volunteer Archaeological Survey. Natural England Archaeological Survey. Worksheet. P7d, annotated sketch plan. [Mapped feature: #63714 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV8070Part of: Yarrow Copper Mine, Yarner Wood (Monument)
MDV104045Related to: Adit at Copper Mine, Yarner Wood (Monument)
MDV104046Related to: Launder at Yarner Wood Copper Mine (Monument)
MDV103969Related to: Leat to Dressing Floor at Yarner Mine (Monument)
MDV104041Related to: Trial excavations at Yarner Copper Mine (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV6071 - East Devon Natural Nature Reserve and surrounds Archaeological Survey

Date Last Edited:Jun 24 2013 9:56AM