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HER Number: | MDV128061 |
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Name: | Reservoir on north of Wigford Down |
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Summary
The earthwork remains of a large tinners’ reservoir adjacent to the southern edge of Greenwell Gert tinwork near the modern road. The main damming bank has a V-shaped footprint of 30m by 34m and the banks are up to 0.9m high and 4.7m wide. A central opening indicates the position of the sluice from which two separate channels can be traced into the tinwork nearby. A second earthwork bank defines the southern edge of the reservoir hollow, into which water was delivered from a leat, the silted earthwork channel of which can be traced across Wigford Down.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 541 656 |
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Map Sheet: | SX56NW |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Meavy |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | MEAVY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RESERVOIR (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Newman, P., 2020, New sites identified on Wigford Down (Correspondence). SDV363630.
The earthwork remains of a large tinners’ reservoir adjacent to the southern edge of Greenwell Gert tinwork near the modern road. The main damming bank has a V-shaped footprint of 30m by 34m and the banks are up to 0.9m high and 4.7m wide. A central opening indicates the position of the sluice from which two separate channels can be traced into the tinwork nearby. A second earthwork bank defines the southern edge of the reservoir hollow, into which water was delivered from a leat, the silted earthwork channel of which can be traced across Wigford Down.
Sources / Further Reading
Associated Monuments
MDV128062 | Related to: Reservoir on north-west side of Wigford Down (Monument) |
MDV128074 | Related to: Reservoir on Wigford Down (Monument) |
MDV28270 | Related to: Streamworks to north of Wigford Down, Meavy (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Apr 3 2020 11:53AM |
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