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Summary

Related to tinworking in the wood, this sunken area was clearly visible and recorded in 1991 woodland survey. Adjacent to the Glazebrook.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SETTLING PIT (XVIII to XX - 1751 AD to 1950 AD (Between))

Full description

Smith, N., 1991, Survey Report of Sites and Monuments on Ugborough Moor and within woodlands at Owley, Peek Moor Gate and Pennaton Bridge, 14-15, plan (Report - Survey). SDV360448.

Sunken area measuring approximately 60 metres by 25 metres, bordered to the north-west, south-west and north-east by a substantial earth wall/bank. Seems to have served as an enormous settling pit. An outlet ‘drain’ is visible running into the Glazebrook, buried beneath the adjacent raised bank in the pit’s south-eastern corner. In the north-west corner a ditch cut through the dividing earth bank connecting this area (C) to area D (to the north-west) which itself also appears to have served a similar processing function. A sluice most likely once controlled the flow of water from D to C within the ditch, the latter lying at a significantly lower level. Water must have been channelled from the Glazebrook into D at some point, but the exact position is unknown.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7413 - Peek Moor Gate, Owley and Pennaton Bridge plantations archaeological survey

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