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Summary

16th and 17th century documentary references to Bude tinworks in Plympton Stannary, identified with workings west-north-west of Bude Farm. Earthwork evidence visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s and 1950s and on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014 may relate to these tinworks.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX55NE/81

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD)
• MINE (XVIII to XIX - 1751 AD to 1880 AD)

Full description

WORKSHEET, GREEVES, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV137885.

Bude tinworks (site of). Documentary references to tinworks called bovewoode bembe, bowwoode bemb, bowedbeame, bowoodbeme, or bowoode in plympton stannary in 1582, 1593 and early xvii century. Probably identified with workings wnw of bude farm (worksheet, greeves).

STENTON ET.AL., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV137886.

Beam element indicates lodework rather than streamwork (stenton et. Al. ).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV137888.

Des=worksheet in parish file.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV137889.

Gover, j. E. B. + mawer, a. + stenton, f. M. /the place-names of devon/(1931)254.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV137890.

West devon record office/72/990/52,69.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV137891.

Devon record office/dd 4356, 46/1/3/9.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV137892.

Des=dcc plan/(-/6/1982)in parish file.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV137893.

Des=amax plan/(-/8/1982)in parish file.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV137894.

Des=timms, s. /as above/(8/7/1985).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV3991.

Two bude tinworks shown on amax plan, that at sx566591 is a mistake (timms).

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FP 1126-1127 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

A pit is visible as an earthwork.

Royal Air Force, 1955, RAF/540/1625, RAF/540/1625 F22 240-241 24-MAY-1955 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351141.

A pit is visible as an earthwork under vegetation.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5559 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

A pit is visible as an earthwork.

Next Perspectives, 2015-2017, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5559 31-MAY-2016 (Aerial Photograph). SDV361515.

The earthworks are obscured by dense vegetation.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

An irregularly shaped pit circa 50 by 14m in size is visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s and 1950s, latterly under denser vegetation, and on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, approximately 130m west-north-west of Bude Farm, Sparkwell.
The earthwork is interpreted an extractive pit, probably of post-medieval to 19th century date. The pit corresponds with an area of rough ground depicted on the Ordnance Survey 25inch First Edition map, which supports the interpretation that the earthwork was probably no longer in use by the mid-19th century.
It is possible that the visible earthwork is evidence of the tinworks described by the above authority (SDV137885).
The earthworks are obscured by dense vegetation on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2016.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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