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| HER Number: | MDV114469 |
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| Name: | Mining and Extractive Remains on West Down |
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Summary
Earthwork pits, mounds and linear gulleys or ditches, probably evidence of mining or extractive industries, were visible as earthworks on aerial photographs on West Down
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 483 704 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX47SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Whitchurch |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WHITCHURCH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (Unknown date)
- QUARRY (Unknown date)
- SPOIL HEAP (Unknown date)
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))
- QUARRY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))
- SPOIL HEAP (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))
Full description
Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, RAF/V17/170/0016-17 (Interpretation). SDV346287.
The transcription from aerial photographs RAF/V17/170/0016-17 of both large and small pits, earthwork mounds and linear gulleys or ditches, interpreted as leats, quarries, extractive pits and spoilheaps, corresponds to a several Tamar Valley NMP database records of extractive pits and spoilheaps described as of ‘unknown medieval’ date.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2016, Backlog Recording of the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Survey (Personal Comment). SDV359374.
The aerial photograph reference given in the Tamar Valley NMP transcription attributes is incomplete; the date of the photographs is not included.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV346287 | Interpretation: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. 2001-2002. Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records. National Mapping Programme. Map (Digital). RAF/V17/170/0016-17. [Mapped feature: #73807 ] |
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| SDV359374 | Personal Comment: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2016. Backlog Recording of the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Survey. Not Applicable. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV114467 | Parent of: Leats on West Down (Monument) |
| MDV79963 | Parent of: Shaft and Spoil Heap on West Down, Whitchurch (Monument) |
| MDV114481 | Related to: Extractive Pit on West Down (Monument) |
| MDV114480 | Related to: Quarry Pit on West Down (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6911 - Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 19 2016 3:04PM |
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