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| HER Number: | MDV126110 |
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| Name: | Openwork on Roborough Down, Buckland Monachorum |
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Summary
A very irregular ditch and area of uneven ground is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs taken between 1942 and 1946. It is interpreted as one of a number of similar medieval or post-medieval tin working opencuts on Roborough Down.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 516 672 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Buckland Monachorum |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BUCKLAND MONACHORUM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- OPENCUT (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1942, RAF/NLA/31, RAF/NLA/31 V 5010 26-MAR-1942 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363064.
An irregular earthwork ditch is visible.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, RAF/106G/UK/1190 RP 3220-3221 27-FEB-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363067.
An irregular earthwork ditch is visible.
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.
A very irregular ditch, with a visible length of approximately 50 metres and 11 metres wide with irregular edges, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s, but is obscured by tree cover on later available aerial imagery, with poor lidar resolution. It is on the same alignment as a number of opencuts for tin working on Roborough Down (eg MDV125945), and may be another example, probably dating to the late medieval or post-medieval period.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV362982 | Interpretation: 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). Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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| SDV363064 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1942. RAF/NLA/31. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/NLA/31 V 5010 26-MAR-1942. |
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| SDV363067 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1190. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1190 RP 3220-3221 27-FEB-1946. [Mapped feature: #118856 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
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)
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 23 2019 5:56PM |
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