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| HER Number: | MDV25038 |
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| Name: | Openworks extending for approximately 1 kilometre to the west of River Erme, Cornwood |
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Summary
Narrow area of openworks extending for approximately 1 kilometre to the west of the River Erme
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 632 651 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Cornwood |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CORNWOOD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NW/102
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- OPEN CUT (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, CPE/UK 1890, 4278 (Aerial Photograph). SDV140289.
Photograph taken on 10th December 1946.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Openworks extend into streamwork around SX63606514. Spoilheaps visible.
Newman, P., 2018, Erme Valley Survey data (GIS and Excel spreadsheet) (Cartographic). SDV361913.
Long thin area of openwork shown on survey.
Newman, P., 2018, The Upper Erme Valley, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: An Archaeological Survey, Appendix 1 (Report - Survey). SDV362921.
Approximately 4 hectares of tin streamworks following the course of a small western tributary of the River Erme, referred to by R H Worth (1953, 299) as Knackersmill Gulf. The limit of the tinwork’s main working area is well defined with a scarp of between 1 metre and 2 metres deep running around most of the perimeter. The tinwork is long and narrow, just over 1 kilometre long, but varying in width between 84 metres and 17 metres. The interior working area contains the usual evidence of low linear spoil heaps, pits and channels, some of which have been reinforced by low revetments. A ruined rectangular building (MDV20840), a probable tinner’s lodge, survives in the approximate centre of the tinwork. The lower, eastern portion of the working has transected a prehistoric enclosure (MDV13172), completely effacing the remains in its path.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV140289 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. CPE/UK 1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4278. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV361913 | Cartographic: Newman, P.. 2018. Erme Valley Survey data (GIS and Excel spreadsheet). GIS ShapeFile. Digital. [Mapped feature: #117222 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV13172 | Related to: Hut circle settlement with enclosure and hut circles on Erme Plains, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV20840 | Related to: Tinner's building within streamworks north-west of Knackersmill Gulf, Cornwood (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8082 - Survey of the Upper Erme Valley
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 23 2020 3:05PM |
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