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Summary

Well preserved mill structure at south hill.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68NE197
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1469305
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/100

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CORN MILL (Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
• CRAZING MILL (Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
• DAM (Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
• STAMPING MILL (Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
• WATERMILL (Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
• WHEEL PIT (Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV255941.

Well preserved mill structure at south hill.

17/5/1983, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV255944.

Site surveyed at 1:100 by t. Greeves + r. Robinson (17/5/1983). In parish file.

GREEVES, IN LITT 2/8/1988, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV255945.

The presence of a mill dam is unique among dartmoor tin mills. This could possibly be a grist mill (greeves, in litt 2/8/1988).

SEE SX57NE/5, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV255946.

The blowing + stamping mill at upper merrivale also has a 'v' shaped dam situated immediately above the wheelpit of the blowing mill (see sx57ne/5) (gerrard).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV255947.

Des=worksheet. Vis=10/9/1977 (greeves) well preserved rectangular structure, internal dimensions c 6.8m by 3.6m, with wheelpit internal dimensions 4.0m by 0.65m. On left bank of stream below south hill. Probable interpretation, tin stamping mill pre c 1700 (worksheet).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV255948.

Des=greeves, t. /list of doubtful devon tin mills c.1450-c.1750/(1981)no.47 (in smr). Likely to be a tin mill (greeves, 1981).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV255949.

Crossing, w. /guide to dartmoor/(1912)258.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV255950.

Rowe, s. /a perambulation of the royal forest of dartmoor and the venville precincts/(1896)303.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV255951.

Des=broughton, d. G. /a report on the geology, mineralogy, and mining in the north eastern part of dartmoor/(1961)15.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV255952.

Des=greeves, t. /as above(letter in dcc file ac 15,14).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV255953.

Des=gerrard, s. /(7/2/1994)/letter in pf.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV255954.

Des=greeves, t. /an assessment of dartmoor tin working/(1990)39/in smr.

Cranstone, D. + Hedley, I., 1995, Monuments Protection Programme: The Tin Industry Step 3 Site Assessments, Devon 59 (Report - non-specific). SDV357946.

Remains of a possible Medieval or later stamping mill situated to the southeast of South Hill. The remains comprise a ruined building with wheelpit and dam. However, a slotted stone lying ex situ within the interior is more typical of a crazing mill or corn mill.

Bodman, M., 2015, Mills on the Teign. A gazetteer of water-powered sites on the Teign and Bovey and their tributaries, 70 (Monograph). SDV360401.

Southill tin blowing mills, Chagford SX 6801 8710 and SX 6783 8685. These mills, discovered by T. Greeves in 1977 are fed by the Southill Leat which ran from a weir on the North Teign at SX 625 833 and was over 5 miles long. Partly dry now, it was documented in the 1490s. The leat divided to serve two separate mills at Southill.
The mill at SX 6783 8685 measures 6.8m by 3.6m internally and has a wheelpit 4.0m by 0.65m.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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