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HER Number:MDV20846
Name:Combine this record with MDV13444

Summary

Possible tin mill at red brook, south brent. Possible mill structure with leat leading to it. Burnard and lewis refer to mouldstones on the red brook (see sx66se/356). They probably refer to two troughs at sx664-626, neither is a mouldstone but they may be connected with tin working. Crossing also refers to a trough (see sx66se/260) (greeves).

Location

Grid Reference:SX 669 627
Map Sheet:SX66SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishSouth Brent
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishSOUTH BRENT

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/355

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • TIN MILL (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

SEE SX66SE/260, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV153494.

Possible tin mill at red brook, south brent. Possible mill structure with leat leading to it. Burnard and lewis refer to mouldstones on the red brook (see sx66se/356). They probably refer to two troughs at sx664-626, neither is a mouldstone but they may be connected with tin working. Crossing also refers to a trough (see sx66se/260) (greeves).


9/5/1984, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV153495.

Site surveyed at 1:100 by t. Greeves + r. Robinson (9/5/1984). Plans in possession of t. Greeves.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV153496.

Burnard, r. /tp1/11(1891)100/antiquity of mining on dartmoor.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV153497.

Lewis, w. S. /the west of england tin mining/(1923)33.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV153498.

Crossing, w. /guide to dartmoor/(1912)377.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV153499.

Des=greeves, t. /list of doubtful devon tin mills c 1450-c 1750/(1981)no 42 (in smr).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV153500.

Bodman, m. /water-powered sites in devon/(1998)1,33/in smr.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV153501.

Greeves, t. /an assessment of dartmoor tin working/(1990)41/in smr.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV153494Migrated Record: SEE SX66SE/260.
SDV153495Migrated Record: 9/5/1984.
SDV153496Migrated Record:
SDV153497Migrated Record:
SDV153498Migrated Record:
SDV153499Migrated Record:
SDV153500Migrated Record:
SDV153501Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments

MDV13444Related to: Tin mine on Red Brook, South Brent (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jan 13 2014 9:32AM