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| HER Number: | MDV19436 |
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| Name: | Alleged tinner's cache, River Tavy |
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Summary
Possible site of a medieval or later tinner's cache recorded by Greeves and Robinson (1982). An archaeological field survey in 1995 located a natural hollow adjacent to a large earthfast boulder on the steep east facing slope above the left bank of the River Tavy. The low walls consist of accumulations of smaller stones that have tumbled down the slope over time.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 571 831 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58SE |
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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: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX58SE41
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1063789
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SE/47
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- NATURAL FEATURE (Unknown date)
- (Former Type) TINNERS CACHE (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV218548.
Des=worksheet. Vis=25/8/1982 (greeves, t. + robinson, r. ). Possible ruined tinners cache in form of small excavation and low walls associated with natural boulder on hillside approx 25m west of a tinners building sx58se/33 on west bank of river tavy.(worksheet).
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
SX 57158315. The feature described by Greeves and Robinson (1982) appears to be a natural hollow adjacent to a large earthfast boulder on the steep E facing slope above the left bank of the River Tavy. The low walls consist of accumulations of smaller stones that have tumbled down the slope over time.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV218548 | Migrated Record: |
| 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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Associated Monuments
| MDV116632 | Part of: Streamworks on the River Tavy and its tributaries within Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV7733 | Related to: tinner's hut on edge of streamworks, left bank of River Tavy (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7620 - Okehampton Artillary Range
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
- EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
- EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 8 2021 2:57PM |
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