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Summary

An inscribed stone, probably a tinners bound stone. It is evident as a tapered block of 0.75 metres high, 0.5 metres wide and 0.15 metres thick.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NE141
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 913259

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOUNDARY STONE (Constructed, Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Hemery, E., 1983, High Dartmoor, 522 (Monograph). SDV249702.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(27/08/1992) SX 67137721. An inscribed stone situated in an area of tin streaming (SX 67 NE 147) on the right bank of the Walla Brook 420m south-south-east of Pizwell Bridge. The round-topped tapered block measures 0.75m high, 0.5m wide and 0.15m thick. It has the letter `FS' above either `H' or `II' all 0.1m high in its eastern side. Four further inscribed stones (SX 67 NE 22, 140, 142 and 143) bearing different inscriptions to this lie high up the slope at the southern end of Riddon Ridge. Hemery (1983, 522) suggests that they are probably tinners' bound stones.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
• EDV8296 - Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project

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