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Summary

Curvilinear and circular earthwork banks and mounds along the north side of an openwork are interreted as possible mine shafts for lodeback working of tin deposits. Visible on aerial photographs taken from 1946 onwards and on visualisations of lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017. Incorporated into the golf course.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SHAFT MOUND (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

This area is depicted as rough ground, with an 'Old Shaft' depicted to the east and west.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, RAF/106G/UK/1190 RS 4198-4199 27-FEB-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363067.

Several circular and curvilinear earthwork mounds are visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5166 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Several circular and curvilinear earthwork mounds are visible.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5166 05-MAR-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

The circular and curvilinear earthworks are clearly visible as grassed mounds with pale centres, probably sand-filled.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

Five curvilinear and ring-shaped or circular earthwork mounds, Between 15 and 21 metres in width, are visible along the northern side of openwork MDV28243 on aerial photographs taken from 1946 onwards and on visualisations of lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017. ‘Old Shaft’s depicted to the east and to the west suggest that the earthworks are the remains of mine shafts for tin exploitation, perhaps post-medieval lodeback working, or maybe a later phase of reworking the openwork deposits. On recent aerial photographs they appear to have been fully incorporated into the golf course, some apparently functioning as bunkers.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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