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| HER Number: | MDV13452 |
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| Name: | OPEN CAST MINE in the Parish of South Brent |
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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 |
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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/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
| SDV137445 | Un-published: Robinson, R.. 1978. South Brent Parish Checklist. Parish Checklist. |
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| SDV153526 | Aerial Photograph: |
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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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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 18 2023 11:28AM |
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