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| HER Number: | MDV13453 |
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| Name: | OPEN CAST MINE in the Parish of South Brent |
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Summary
Tinners openwork. Left bank east glaze. Extant. Vis=-/1/1979 (robinson, r. ). This opencast mine working lies on the east bank of the east glaze, and runs for about 100m from close to the river bank north westwards diverging slightly from the line of the river. It is about 5m deep. There is no trace of a shaft anywhere in its course. The granite spoil lying about shows much quartz-tourmaline veinstone.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 662 617 |
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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/310
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- OPEN CAST MINE (Unknown date)
Full description
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV153587.
Aph=raf/cpe/uk/2494 3046-3047(11/3/1948).
Robinson, R., 1978, South Brent Parish Checklist (Un-published). SDV137445.
Tinners openwork. Left bank east glaze. Extant. Vis=-/1/1979 (robinson, r. ). This opencast mine working lies on the east bank of the east glaze, and runs for about 100m from close to the river bank north westwards diverging slightly from the line of the river. It is about 5m deep. There is no trace of a shaft anywhere in its course. The granite spoil lying about 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 RAF 1948 aerial.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV137445 | Un-published: Robinson, R.. 1978. South Brent Parish Checklist. Parish Checklist. |
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| SDV153587 | 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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