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Summary

A trench measuring 14m long and 3m deep is believed to be the remains of a post-Medieval mining adit.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SE140
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 619616
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/14/21

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ADIT (Constructed, Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(27/09/1988) A U-shaped excavation, open to the SE, cutting a level into the hillside for 17m. It is up to 14m wide and 3m deep at the back, on the NW. Water issues from its base which is partially filled with dumped stone from the farm and fields. It is possibly a blocked adit connected with the nearby tinworkings (SX 67 SE 148). It is depicted on OS 1st and 2nd editions 1885, 1902 and OS 25" 1951.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8634 - Brimpts Farm, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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