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| HER Number: | MDV13449 |
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| Name: | Streamworking on the Bala Brook, South Brent |
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Summary
The area for several hundred metres downstream just below the china clay pits at Bala Brook Head and 100m or so wide has been extensively streamed. It seems likely that the original course of the stream has been altered here. Scattered workings further down or near the junction with the Red Brook.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 662 644 |
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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/306
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- STREAMWORK (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 4273-4274 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
Robinson, R., 1977-1979, South Brent Parish Checklist Worksheets, Page 682-3 of 821 (Worksheet). SDV340722.
Tinners' buries. Bala Brook. Extant (1979). The area for several hundred metres downstream just below the china clay pits at Bala Brook Head and 100m or so wide has been extensively streamed. It seems likely that the original course of the stream has been altered here. Scattered workings further down or near the junction with the Red Brook.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Area of tin streaming which extends from SX 6680 6394 in the south, northwards to SX 6572 6488 where there are high scarps of deep workings. Visible on 1946 RAF and NMR 1985 aerial photographs.
National Monuments Record, 1985, NMR SF2200, 1103-1122 (Aerial Photograph). SDV152369.
Environment Agency WMS, 2020, Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DTM 2020 - 1m (Cartographic). SDV364513.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV152369 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1985. NMR SF2200. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 1103-1122. |
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| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4273-4274. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV340722 | Worksheet: Robinson, R.. 1977-1979. South Brent Parish Checklist Worksheets. South Brent Parish Checklist. Worksheet. Page 682-3 of 821. |
| SDV364513 | Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 2020. Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DTM 2020 - 1m. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV13382 | Related to: Clay dries, building remains, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV28282 | Related to: Leat between Bala Brook and Petre's Pits Bottom (Monument) |
| MDV25724 | Related to: Leat north of Peter's Pits Bottom (Monument) |
| MDV25725 | Related to: Leat north of Peter's Pits Bottom (Monument) |
| MDV25736 | Related to: Leat on Brent Moor (Monument) |
| MDV134615 | Related to: Pipeline at Petre's Pits, Bala Brook Head (Monument) |
| MDV26437 | Related to: Possible leat on Brent Moor (Monument) |
| MDV13381 | Related to: Ruinous building at Bala Brook Head China Clay workings (Building) |
| MDV13467 | Related to: Tramway at Petre's Pits clay work, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV13476 | Related to: TRIAL PIT in the Parish of South Brent (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 5 2023 4:48PM |
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