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Summary

Legis Lake tin streamworks extends north from the River Plym, along the course of a small stream of the same name recorded in 2022 during survey work. The main area of the streamworks is 705m long by up to 115m wide but branches into two as it extends north, each continuing NE or NW for a further 500m approximately and covers a total area in excess of 12.4 ha. The two upper branches are occupied by boggy ground, which has over the centuries overwhelmed some of the evidence, though many mounds are still visible. From the furthest north point of each of these branches, gullies with a ‘V’ profile have been cut extending to the higher ground through the earlier fields in an attempt to capture rainwater run-off for use lower down the tinwork. Within the southern section of workings, the remains comprise mainly of dumps of waste material including, gravel and many larger stones. Some of these dumps are turf-covered but others remain as exposed heaps of stone. For the most part, the dumps appear random, but some areas to the west of Legis Lake show evidence of working in tyes, with linear dumps, often edged with stone retaining walls. The random dumping, found in most parts of the tinwork are likely to be the result of barrow dumping, whereby overburden and waste was dumped in random heaps via wheelbarrow, and probably represents a later reworking of the site.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• STREAMWORK (Constructed, Post Medieval - 1540 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Newman, P., 2022, Ringmoor Down Premier Archaeological Landscape Dartmoor National Park, Devon. A new survey, Table 1 (Report - Survey). SDV365490.

Legis Lake tin streamworks. SX 56775 65839. Legis Lake tin streamworks extends north from the River Plym, along the course of a small stream of the same name. The main area of the streamworks is 705m long by up to 115m wide but branches into two as it extends north, each continuing NE or NW for a further 500m approximately and covers a total area in excess of 12.4 ha. The two upper branches are occupied by boggy ground, which has over the centuries overwhelmed some of the evidence, though many mounds are still visible. From the furthest north point of each of these branches, gullies with a ‘V’ profile have been cut extending to the higher ground through the earlier fields in an attempt to capture rainwater run-off for use lower down the tinwork. Within the southern section of workings, the remains comprise mainly of dumps of waste material including, gravel and many larger stones. Some of these dumps are turf-covered but others remain as exposed heaps of stone. For the most part, the dumps appear random, but some areas to the west of Legis Lake show evidence of working in tyes, with linear dumps, often edged with stone retaining walls. The random dumping, found in most parts of the tinwork are likely to be the result of barrow dumping, whereby overburden and waste was dumped in random heaps via wheelbarrow, and probably represents a later reworking of the site.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8917 - Survey of the archaeological features on Ringmoor Down

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