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| HER Number: | MDV131961 |
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| Name: | Extractive pits, Black Down |
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Summary
A dispersed group of small and medium sized tin pits lie on the crest and east flank of Black Hill.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 526 820 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Peter Tavy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | PETER TAVY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX58SW163
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1159471
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Probert, S. + Fletcher, M. + Newman, P., 1998, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon: An Archaeological survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV350638.
(02/08/1998) Centred SX 52618216. A dispersed group of approximately 20 small and medium sized tin pits lie on the crest and E flank of Black Hill. The pits are generally small, with diameters in the range 2.5m to 5m, on the hillside and larger, up to 8m diameter, on the crest. In all cases spoil from the excavations has been deposited on the downslope edge of the pit. The smaller pits seem to represent exploratory workings while those on the crest are probably extractive shafts. Several of the pits have been slightly altered by recent military activity.
Probert, S., 2001, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon. Integrated Land Management Plan Implementation: Archaeological Condition Baseline Survey Appendices 2-5 (Report - Survey). SDV357727.
(20/12/2000) These pits, which lie under coarse moorland turf, are as described.
Newman, P., 2019, A Condition Survey of the Archaeological Sites of the Willsworthy Freehold, Dartmoor Training Area (Report - Survey). SDV363156.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV350638 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. + Fletcher, M. + Newman, P.. 1998. Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon: An Archaeological survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. [Mapped feature: #134098 ] |
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| SDV357727 | Report - Survey: Probert, S.. 2001. Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon. Integrated Land Management Plan Implementation: Archaeological Condition Baseline Survey Appendices 2-5. English Heritage Archaeological Investigation Report. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. |
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| SDV363156 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2019. A Condition Survey of the Archaeological Sites of the Willsworthy Freehold, Dartmoor Training Area. Southwest Landscape Investigations. A4 Comb Bound. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV131959 | Related to: Field system, Black Down (Monument) |
| MDV131960 | Related to: Streamwork on Kingsett Down (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7425 - Standon Farm: an historical and archaeological survey
- EDV7368 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy (1998)
- EDV6663 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
- EDV6664 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
- EDV6665 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
- EDV8141 - Condition survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 12 2021 9:28AM |
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