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| HER Number: | MDV13444 |
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| Name: | Tin mine on Red Brook, South Brent |
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Summary
Probable tin mill on the left bank of the Red Brook a short distance above its junction with the Bala Brook. A small granite built building is visible (noted by crossing) and a leat is led from the left bank of the red brook to just above the building. There is however adjacent to this building a roughly rectangular mound of tumbled stones which could be the blowing house itself. It is very much grassed over.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 669 627 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | South Brent |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SOUTH BRENT |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/301
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- STAMPING MILL (Unknown date)
Full description
Robinson, R., Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV137185.
Possible tin mill. Red brook. Remains. Leat traceable. Vis=-/1/1979 (robinson, r. ). A possible tin mill exists on the left bank of the red brook a short distance above its junction with the bala brook. A small granite built building is visible (noted by crossing) and a leat is led from the left bank of the red brook to just above the building. There is however adjacent to this building a roughly rectangular mound of tumbled stones which could be the blowing house itself. It is very much grassed over with no wall faces visible, about 12m x 5m. The smaller building measures about 4m x 2.50m. One wall is of much better masonry about 1.50m high and is backed by a solid bank. The remaining two walls not adjoining the larger enclosure are very much less substantial, in places rows of stones on edge, and only 0.5m - 1m high. The site is difficult to elucidate but it seems possible that the bank behind was originally the raised bank to carry a launder to a wheelpit, now replaced by a much more recent building, built since the tin mill became disused, on the site of the wheelpit.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV152324.
Des=parish checklist/sketch.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV152325.
Crossing, w. /guide to dartmoor/(1912)377.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV137185 | Report - Survey: Robinson, R.. |
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| SDV152324 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV152325 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments
| MDV20846 | Related to: Combine this record with MDV13444 (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 13 2014 9:34AM |
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