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HER Number:MDV13452
Name:OPEN CAST MINE in the Parish of South Brent

Summary

Tinners openwork, dockwell ridge. Extant. Vis=-/5/1977 (robinson, r. ). On dockwell ridge running roughly ne-sw from sx69506412 to sx69236397 is an opencast mine gully. It is about 300m long, varying in width but averaging 4-5m at ground level, and 3-4m deep. It terminates uphill at a track running out from the dockwell gate. No signs of any shaft were found. The granite shows much quartz-tourmaline veinstone.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 693 640
Map Sheet:SX66SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishSouth Brent
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishSOUTH BRENT

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/309

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • OPEN CAST MINE (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV153526.

Aph=nmr sx6964/1/40-41(8/4/1976).

Robinson, R., 1978, South Brent Parish Checklist (Un-published). SDV137445.

Tinners openwork, dockwell ridge. Extant. Vis=-/5/1977 (robinson, r. ). On dockwell ridge running roughly ne-sw from sx69506412 to sx69236397 is an opencast mine gully. It is about 300m long, varying in width but averaging 4-5m at ground level, and 3-4m deep. It terminates uphill at a track running out from the dockwell gate. No signs of any shaft were found. The granite shows much quartz-tourmaline veinstone.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Visible on 1976 NMR aerial.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV137445Un-published: Robinson, R.. 1978. South Brent Parish Checklist. Parish Checklist.
SDV153526Aerial Photograph:
SDV319854Cartographic: 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.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jul 18 2023 11:28AM