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HER Number:MDV32067
Name:Wall north-east of the Blacka Brook

Summary

Stone wall marking the edge of tin workings on the north-east bank of Blacka Brook, oriented north-west by south-east. Dimensions: length 65 metres by breadth 2 metres by height 0.75 metres.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 567 641
Map Sheet:SX56SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishShaugh Prior
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishSHAUGH PRIOR

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/349

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • WALL (Early Bronze Age to XIX - 2200 BC? to 1900 AD? (Between))

Full description

Mercer, R. J., 1987, An Archaeological Field Survey of the Upper Plym Valley, Dartmoor 1982-1986, page 1, Number 2 (Report - Survey). SDV165948.

Stone wall at SX5679 6414. Marks the edge of tin workings on the north-east bank of Blacka Brook. Dimensions: length 65 metres by breadth 2 metres by height 0.75 metres. Orientation: north-west by south-east, elevation 228 metres above sea level.


National Trust and English Heritage, 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape, page 1, 102.002 (Report - non-specific). SDV166309.

See Mercer.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV165948Report - Survey: Mercer, R. J.. 1987. An Archaeological Field Survey of the Upper Plym Valley, Dartmoor 1982-1986. Edinburgh Archaeological Services. A4 Comb Bound. page 1, Number 2.
SDV166309Report - non-specific: National Trust and English Heritage. 1994. The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape. National Trust Archaeological Survey Report. 102.130. A4 Comb Bound. page 1, 102.002.

Associated Monuments

MDV32070Related to: Length of wall north-east of Blacka Brook (Monument)
MDV14358Related to: Vermin trap 520 metres south-south-west of Trowlesworthy Warren House (Monument)
MDV32068Related to: WALL in the Parish of Shaugh Prior (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV7369 - Survey of Granite Loading Bays at Trowlesworthy, Devon

Date Last Edited:Dec 14 2015 12:38PM