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| HER Number: | MDV26090 |
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| Name: | Ditch |
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Summary
Ditch, now dry and silted on upcast bank on the lower side in open featureless moorland. A tin pit with spoil dumped into the ditch appears to overlie its teminal. It crosses a steep NE slope through generally stone-free rough pasture and a group of tin pits (SX 67 SW 229) one of which interrupts its line. It ends beyond the Tor Royal newtake wall in streamworkings at SX 63467231. At best it is now 0.8m wide and 0.3m deep and is probably a drainage channel perhaps associated with the tin workings. Of minor archaeological significance.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 633 723 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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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: SX67SW228
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 620188
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SW/277
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- DRAINAGE DITCH (Constructed, Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV260828.
Aph=nmr sx6372/1(12/4/1969).
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Ditch visible and recorded extending to SX 63157234.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, M. J. Fletcher (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(12/03/1989) The ditch now dry and silted on upcast bank on the lower side commenced at SX 63147233 in open featureless moorland at 352m OD. A tin pit with spoil dumped into the ditch appears to overlie its teminal. It crosses a steep NE slope through generally stone-free rough pasture and a group of tin pits (SX 67 SW 229) one of which interrupts its line. It ends beyond the Tor Royal newtake wall in streamworkings at SX 63467231.
At best it is now 0.8m wide and 0.3m deep and is probably a drainage channel perhaps associated with the tin workings. Of minor archaeological significance.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV260828 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| 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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| SDV350839 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. M. J. Fletcher. [Mapped feature: #135972 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8146 - Royal Commission Survey at Down Ridge and Swincombe
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 10 2022 3:53PM |
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