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HER Number: | MDV57417 |
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Name: | Tinners' cache south-west of Great Mis Tor |
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Summary
Cache is attached to linear boundary. Its interior measures 2 metres by 1.6 metres. The east side is denoted by a large earthfast boulder and on the south side is a cupboard measuring 0.7 metres wide, 0.5 metres deep and 0.5 metres high. May have been used for the storage of tin or tools and may have built by the tinners' from the nearby blowing mills.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 554 765 |
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Map Sheet: | SX57NE |
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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 | WALKHAMPTON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/162
- Old SAM Ref: 28788(P)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TINNERS CACHE (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 143935, 16/11/1994 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
Cache is attached to the linear boundary (MDV57416) and its interior which is defined by several edge set stone slabs standing up to 0.4 metres high, measures 2 metres by 1.6 metres. The east side is denoted by a large earthfast boulder and on the south side is a cupboard measuring 0.7 metres wide, 0.5 metres deep and 0.5 metres high.
May have been used for the storage of tin or tools and may have built by the tinners' from the nearby blowing mills.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 79; fig 30. (Monograph). SDV219155.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 79; fig 30.. |
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SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 143935, 16/11/1994. [Mapped feature: #36398 ] |
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Associated Monuments
MDV57416 | Related to: Bank (Monument) |
MDV57418 | Related to: Tinners' cache south-west of Great Mis Tor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Sep 26 2016 9:41AM |
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