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| HER Number: | MDV20851 |
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| Name: | Possible blowing house south of Runnage Bridge |
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Summary
The site of a blowing house is alleged at this location from oral information. There was no trace of such a feature dring field investigation.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 669 787 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| Civil Parish | Manaton |
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| Civil Parish | Widecombe in the Moor |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67NE227
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 891302
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/122
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BLOWING HOUSE (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV233576.
Des=greeves, t. /list of doubtful devon tin mills c 1450-c 1750/(1981)no 45 (in smr). Blowing mill on the right bank of wallabrook below runnage bridge. Oral tradition (c 1900) of a "blower" for smelting tin here (greeves).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV233577.
Des=oral information/hamlyn, j. /(11/10/1975).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV233578.
Des=worksheet. Vis=10/1/1984 (greeves) a fragment of a tinners mouldstone was found at sx66867849 which was found to have come from a demolished ash closet at sx66837849 (oral inf. Whale, r. ). Mr whale also knew of a ruin at sx66857858 as "the castle" from which stone had been taken. This could possibly be the site of the blowing house. Possible site of leat running sx68817883 to sx66857864 (worksheet).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV233579.
Des=ta535,ta532.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV233580.
Des=oral information/whale, r.(11/1/1984).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV233581.
Nmr=sx67ne227.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV233582.
Des=greeves, t. /tin working at heathercombe, manaton/(1991)/in manaton pf.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not visible on RAF 1950 aerial photograph.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(22/11/1993) SX 66907870 Greeves recorded an oral tradition of a tinners, blowing house once having existed at this site and describes a "fragment of a mouldstone found to have come from a demolished ash closet". There is no evidence of a structure at the NGR given and the current whereabouts of the mouldstone fragment are not known.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV233576 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV233577 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV233578 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV233579 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV233580 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV233581 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV233582 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV346608 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1993-1998. Dartmoor Royal Forest Project. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. Unknown. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 28 2022 11:27AM |
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