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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

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

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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