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Summary

A mound, possibly a large spoil mound of post-medieval to 19th century date, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020565: Post-medieval deer park, medieval fishpond, 18th century triumphal arch and a 19th century lead mine, ore works and smelt mill at Boringdon Park

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MINE SHAFT (XVIII to Edwardian - 1800 AD to 1904 AD)
• SPOIL HEAP (XVIII to Edwardian - 1800 AD to 1904 AD)

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

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

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, RAF/106G/UK/1190 RP 3229-3230 27-FEB-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363067.

A mound is visible as an earthwork.

Ordnance Survey, 1972, OS/72316, OS/72316 V 034-035 16-AUG-1972 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363216.

A mound is visible as an earthwork, with structures set into the earthwork.

Griffith, F. M., 1989, DAP/MO, Devon County Council DAP/MO 9 26-JUN-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363228.

A mound is visible as an earthwork, with one structures visible and part of the mound quarried away.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5358 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

The mound is identifiabel as an earthwork.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5458 15-MAY-2016 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

The mound is obscured by tree cover.

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.

An oval mound is visible as an earthwork approximately 90 by 55m in size, on the south-west facing slopes east of Boringdon Park Wood, on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards.
The mound does not correspond with any features shown on the Tithe Map for Plympton St Mary, but does closely match a mound depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1880s 25inch First Edition map, into the north side of which is shown a rectangular structure marked ‘Shaft’. The shaft is not depicted on the Second Edition map. This supports the interpretation that the mound is of industrial function and probably 19th century origin, but had passed out of use by the early 20th century.
A new structure, probably a farm building, is visible set into the south-east edge of the mound on aerial photographs of 1972. This was not transcribed. The same image possibly shows a roughly circular structure on the north-east edge of the mound. This feature was under scrub vegetation and might therefore be contemporary with the mound.
The central portion of the mound, including the possible contemporary structure, was quarried away on aerial photographs of 1989.
The remaining mound earthwork is largely obscured by tree cover on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2016 but is identifiable as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017.

Sources / Further Reading

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)

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