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| HER Number: | MDV106694 |
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| Name: | Tenter Grounds at Combe Martin |
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Summary
Field named as Rack Park on the Tithe Map and Apportionment indicate where fulled woven cloth was once hung and stretched on frames to dry. They suggest that a fulling mill once stood close by. A fulling mill is referred to in a document of 1724.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 589 464 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS54NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Combe Martin |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | COMBE MARTIN |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TENTER GROUND (Unknown date)
Full description
Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.
Fields named as Rack Park on the Tithe Map and Apportionment (plots 237 and 828).
Dunkerley, T., 2006, Investigating a Fulling Mill at Combe Martin (Article in Serial). SDV351621.
Field names of Rack Park suggest the nearby site of a fulling mill. Fulled woven cloth was hung and stretched on frames and tenterhooks to dry. The only documentary reference to a fulling mill is that dated 1724 granting 'all that leat, the fulling mill, cottage and garden' from Poyntz to Geo. Ley. There was an area called Poyntz Dean in Combe Martin located very close to the source of water for the Mine Tenement leat.
Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J., 2007, The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report, 2823 (Report - Assessment). SDV339712.
Field called 'Rack Park' on 1842 Tithe Apportionment and 1843 Tithe Map (plot No. 237). Name suggests fulling mill, but other evidence for such known.
Dunkerley, T., 2008, The hidden and lost industries of Combe Martin, 25-27 (Article in Serial). SDV365172.
Field names of Hemp Hay, Flax Hay and Rack Park suggest that rope making and sailcloth and woollen cloth manufacture were once important industries in Combe Martin. Excavation and documentary research on the site of a mill pond associated with a silver/leadmining complex revealed that it had originated as a hemp retting pool associated with a nearby hemp processing mill. The mill appears to have been converted to the fulling of cloth in the 15th century.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV339712 | Report - Assessment: Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J.. 2007. The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report. Exeter Archaeology Report. 06.22 (rev.1). A4 Stapled + Digital. 2823. |
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| SDV349431 | Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital. [Mapped feature: #66224 ] |
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| SDV351621 | Article in Serial: Dunkerley, T.. 2006. Investigating a Fulling Mill at Combe Martin. North Devon Archaeological Society Newsletter. 12. A5 Stapled + Digital. |
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| SDV365172 | Article in Serial: Dunkerley, T.. 2008. The hidden and lost industries of Combe Martin. Council for British Archaeology South-West Journal. 22. A4 Stapled + Digital. 25-27. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 17 2022 5:30PM |
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