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| HER Number: | MDV25107 |
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| Name: | Tin working pits, Deancombe |
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Summary
A large group of tin prospecting and extractive pits on upper south slopes of the Deancombe Valley. The pits are mostly round or ovoid in shape and they are between 2m and 6m diameter and up to 2m deep. All the pits have associated collars of spoil on the downslope side. The smaller pits are likely to have been for tin prospecting rather than extraction. However, one confluent alignment was developed into a small openwork with a linear spoil heap on the north-west side.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 584 682 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Sheepstor |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHEEPSTOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX56NE376
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1451289
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/438
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PROSPECTING PIT (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 4352 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Short line of trial pits visible on the 1946 aerial photograph.
Newman, P., 2006, Cramber Tor Training Area Archaeological Field Investigation (Report - Survey). SDV233640.
(01/08/2006) A large group of tin prospecting and extractive pits on upper south slopes of the Deancombe Valley. The pits are mostly round or ovoid in shape and they are between 2m and 6m diameter and up to 2m deep. All the pits have associated collars of spoil on the downslope side. The smaller pits are likely to have been for tin prospecting rather than extraction. However, one confluent alignment was developed into a small openwork with a linear spoil heap on the north-west side.
GetMapping PLC, 2015, 2015 Colour Aerial Photography (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV359717.
Runs roughly south-west by north-east.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4352. |
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| SDV233640 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2006. Cramber Tor Training Area Archaeological Field Investigation. English Heritage. |
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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. [Mapped feature: #130549 ] |
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| SDV359717 | Aerial Photograph: GetMapping PLC. 2015. 2015 Colour Aerial Photography (12.5cm resolution). 2015 Aerial Photograph. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7382 - Condition Survey of the Cramber Tor Training Area
| Date Last Edited: | May 25 2021 12:09PM |
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