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| HER Number: | MDV122634 |
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| Name: | Tin pits north-east of Broad Hole |
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Summary
An east-west aligned tin work, comprising a linear trench and an alignment of pits south of Devils Tors.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 595 790 |
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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: SX57NE121
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1065851
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 59487882. An east to west line of tin pits on the upper slopes of the ridge running north from Lydford Tor. The pits, surrounded by extensive peat cuttings, measure between about 3.5 metres and 6.0 metres in diameter and are up to 1.4 metres deep.
Newman, P., 2004, Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV346874.
(15/12/2004) An east to west lode tin working on the upper slopes of the ridge running north from Lydford Tor. The working comprises a linear trench 54 metres long by 6 metres wide and up to 2 metres deep. There are mounds of spoil along the exterior edge of the trench up to 2 metres high. At the western end of the trench a line of pits continues on the same alignment and at the western end five small mounds of up to 1 metre high survive though any associated pits are now silted and no longer visible. A line of four additional tin pits are located 414 metres (SX 5979 7920) to the north-west on the same ridge. Surveyed at 1:2,500 scale.
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 east-west aligned tin work, comprising a linear trench and an alignment of pits south of Devils Tors.
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: #112841 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV122633 | Related to: Tin pits north of Holming Beam Bottom (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 3:12PM |
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