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| HER Number: | MDV19428 |
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| Name: | Alleged tinner's cache near Conies Down Tor |
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Summary
Possible Medieval or later tinner's cache situated on right bank of Cowsic River, northeast of Conies Down Tor. It comprises a small domed stone structure, 4 metres in diameter and 5 metres high. An archaeological field survey of the area in 1994 could not locate the feature.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 591 793 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork and walling remains of an unenclosed Bronze Age hut circle settlement north-east of Conies Down Tor, comprising eight hut circles, a Bronze Age cairn and fragmentary enclosure and a post Medieval Tinner's cache
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX57NE111
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1065605
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/72
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TINNERS CACHE? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Robinson, R., 1982, Possible tinners' cache, (4/9/1982) (Worksheet). SDV217780.
Possible tinners cache on right bank of Cowsic River north-east of Conies Down Tor. Small domed stone structure, part heather covered, 4 metres in diameter, ?5 metres high. Stones too large and loose for a cairn. Possibly a collapsed bee hive hut.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(19/09/1994) SX 591793 Locality only. The feature described by the SMR (authority 1) could not be located in the area of the NGR. The valley floor in this area is marshy with patchy streamworking remains.
Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation, 8, Table 3 (Report - Survey). SDV361635.
1065605: The site of an alleged tinner's cache. No ground evidence (included in list of sites previously recorded but not recorded in this survey either because not located, natural features, non-antiquities or duplicates).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV217780 | Worksheet: Robinson, R.. 1982. Possible tinners' cache. Worksheet. Digital. (4/9/1982). [Mapped feature: #9808 ] |
| SDV346608 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1993-1998. Dartmoor Royal Forest Project. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. Unknown. |
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| SDV361635 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2018. Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation. South-west Landscape Investigations. A4 Comb Bound. 8, Table 3. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
- EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 24 2021 3:36PM |
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