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Summary

The earthwork remains of a large tinners’ reservoir adjacent to the southern edge of Greenwell Gert tinwork. The damming bank is slightly curving, 60m long by up to 5m wide and 0.7m high, with a sluice opening near the northern end. A second bank of over 40m defines the eastern edge of the hollow, which is still capable of retaining water in wet conditions. Below and west of the sluice a substantial channel was cut to divert water 135m to the west into the tinwork, and two banked leats performed the same function to the north of the reservoir. The dry and silted remains of a leat may be traced from the southern end of the reservoir and across Wigford Down, where seasonal runoff and boggy areas would have supplied the water.

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. The damming bank is slightly curving, 60m long by up to 5m wide and 0.7m high, with a sluice opening near the northern end. A second bank of over 40m defines the eastern edge of the hollow, which is still capable of retaining water in wet conditions. Below and west of the sluice a substantial channel was cut to divert water 135m to the west into the tinwork, and two banked leats performed the same function to the north of the reservoir. The dry and silted remains of a leat may be traced from the southern end of the reservoir and across Wigford Down, where seasonal runoff and boggy areas would have supplied the water.

Newman, P., 2020, Wigford Down Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. A new survey (Report - Survey). SDV363780.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8316 - Wigford Down PAL survey

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