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HER Number: | MDV2344 |
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Name: | Yennadon Iron Mine |
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Summary
Y3 yenadon. Plan. Maristow estate office, roborough. Tin. Iron ore open cast workings in the grounds of yennadon house and on yennadon down. Overgrown dumps and cuttings which are the remains of open cast workings.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 542 683 |
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Map Sheet: | SX56NW |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Meavy |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | MEAVEY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NW/32
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- IRONSTONE MINE (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV10633.
Meavy iron mine at the foot of yennadon down was leased in 1836 to george stone baron with permission to search for iron + other ores. Deeds include a map of the sett showing 13 bound stones in two parallel lines running w-e across the foot of the down. The shallow openworks were overgrown in 1995 (brown).
RCHM APP 1985, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV250871.
Y3 yenadon. Plan. Maristow estate office, roborough. Tin. Iron ore open cast workings in the grounds of yennadon house and on yennadon down. Overgrown dumps and cuttings which are the remains of open cast workings. Visible and recorded (rchm app 1985).
1954, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV250872.
'yennadon iron mine (disused)' indicated on os 6" (1907) and on os 6" (1954) (os).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV250874.
Ramsden, j. V. /tda/84(1952)101 fig.1/notes on the mines of devonshire.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV250875.
Harris, h. /industrial archaeology of dartmoor/(1968)209.
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV250876.
Aph=raf 106g uk 1190/3245-3247(27/2/1946).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV250877.
Des=os 6"(1907)112nw.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV250878.
Des=brown, m. /dtrg newsletter/9(july 1995)3/meavy iron mine.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV10633 | Migrated Record: |
SDV250871 | Migrated Record: RCHM APP 1985. |
SDV250872 | Migrated Record: 1954. |
SDV250874 | Migrated Record: |
SDV250875 | Migrated Record: |
SDV250876 | Aerial Photograph: |
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SDV250877 | Migrated Record: |
SDV250878 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments
MDV20605 | Related to: Blocked adit 100 metres north of Burrator Dam (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Jul 4 2017 11:35AM |
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