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| HER Number: | MDV122633 |
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| Name: | Tin pits north of Holming Beam Bottom |
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Summary
An alignment of tin pits on the hillside to the west of the Cowsic River, comprising conical pits with spoil heaps on the downslope sides.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 587 781 |
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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 | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX57NE120
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1065840
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(11/07/1994) Centred SX 58787817. An alignment of tin pits form a roughly east to west line between SX 58877815 and SX 58697815. The pits follow the line of a slight natural declivity in the crest and moderate east-facing slope of the ridge above the right bank of the Cowsic River. On average the pits are 5.0 metres in diameter and 1.0 metre deep with spoil heaps on their downslope sides.
Newman, P., 2004, Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV346874.
(30/11/2004) Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey visit. As described in 1994.
Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361635.
An alignment of tin pits on the hillside to the west of the Cowsic River, comprising conical pits with spoil heaps on the downslope sides.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV346608 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1993-1998. Dartmoor Royal Forest Project. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. Unknown. |
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| 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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| 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. [Mapped feature: #112840 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV122634 | Related to: Tin pits north-east of Broad Hole (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
- EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 23 2021 3:15PM |
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