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HER Number:MDV24721
Name:Openwork to south-east of Water Oak Corner, Dean Prior

Summary

Length of openwork. Openworks were a method of exploiting tin lodes by which both tin and overburden were removed. Many of these workings are documented in the 16th and 17th centuries, their main period of operation and are often referred to as beamworks. The field remains comprise massive cuttings, with sloping sides up to 12 metres deep.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 688 657
Map Sheet:SX66NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishDean Prior
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishBUCKFASTLEIGH

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Pupers Reave and Pupers Rock Cairn. Earthwork and stone remains of a Bronze Age reave, enclosure with hut circle and cairns across Buckfastleigh and Dean Moors bisected by 16th-17th century openworks on western side of Lambs Down

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/178
  • SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • OPEN CUT (XVI to XVII - 1501 AD to 1700 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 4270 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.


The Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England Aerial Photograph Unit, 1985, The Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England Aerial Photograph Project (Interpretation). SDV340940.

Length of openwork abutting a reave.


Newman, P., 2011, The Field Archaeology of Dartmoor, 154 (Monograph). SDV351349.

Openworks were a method of exploiting tin lodes by which both tin and overburden were removed. Many of these workings are documented in the 16th and 17th centuries, their main period of operation and are often referred to as beamworks. The field remains comprise massive cuttings, with sloping sides up to 12 metres deep.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV169268Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4270.
SDV340940Interpretation: The Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England Aerial Photograph Unit. 1985. The Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England Aerial Photograph Project. The Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England Aerial Photograph Project. Map (Paper).
SDV351349Monograph: Newman, P.. 2011. The Field Archaeology of Dartmoor. The Field Archaeology of Dartmoor. Paperback Volume. 154.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Oct 16 2013 9:22AM