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| HER Number: | MDV122523 |
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| Name: | Tinner's cache on banks of Foxholes Stream |
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Summary
A ruined tinners' cache in an area of streamworks on the east bank of Foxholes Stream. The northern side is made from two earthfast boulders and the other remaining wall is of dressed granite.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 603 789 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67NW |
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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 | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67NW247
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 966144
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TINNERS CACHE (Constructed, Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, H. Riley (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(23/09/1994) A tinner's cache lies on the east bank of an un-named tributary stream of the West Dart River, just below the confluence of two un-named streams at SX 60316 78941. Two large earthfast boulders make up the northern side; the remaining walls are constructed from coursed granite moorstone, 0.5 metres high and 0.4 metres wide. The structure measures 1.5 metres north-south and 1.7 metres. A possible entrance lies in the southern wall close to the south-eastern corner. It lies within an area of streamworks.
Newman, P., 2004, Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV346874.
As described in 1994. Has a reedy interior.
Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation, 966144 (Report - Survey). SDV361635.
SX60313 78941 A ruined tinners' cache in an area of streamworks on the east bank of Foxholes Stream. The northern side is made from two earthfast boulders and the other remaining wall is of dressed granite.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV346874 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2004. Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. Unknown. |
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| SDV350839 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. H. Riley. |
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| SDV361635 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2018. Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation. South-west Landscape Investigations. A4 Comb Bound. 966144. [Mapped feature: #112670 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV27217 | Related to: Tin streamwork north of Foxholes (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
- EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 8 2022 12:34PM |
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