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Summary

Streamwork following both River Plym and its tributary Legis Lake is visible on aerial images, forming an L-shaped feature. Approximately 7.5 hectares in area.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020323: Prehistoric and historic archaeological landscape at Trowlesworthy Warren

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/465
• Old SAM Ref: 22289

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• STREAMWORK (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV238618.

Aph=raf 106g uk 1190 4259(2/2/1946).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV238620.

Des=gerrard, g. A. M. /the early cornish tin industry: an archaeological & historical survey/(1986)77-86/unpub. Phd thesis sduc lampeter.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV238621.

Greeves, t. /the archaeology of dartmoor from the air/(1985)pl 15.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV238622.

Aph=cuc/aqx45/(1967).

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

SX 5665 6516 Streamwork following both River Plym and its tributary Legis Lake, forming an L-shaped feature. Approximately 7.5 hectares in area. Leat CRF:SX56NE/466 has both its terminations within this streamwork. Eastern extremity on River Plym SX 5764 6541. Northern extremity on Legis Lake SX 5679 6581. Western extremity on River Plym SX 5655 6520.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130859 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(22/02/1993) An extensive alluvial streamwork situated within the valley bottom of the River Plym. The waste dumps, water-channels, work areas or tees associated with this extractive operation survive over a large area. Detailed survey of this streamwork would be required to elucidate its true character and developmental sequences. A very small part of this streamwork is included within this monument because a pillow mound was constructed on top of the earlier tinwork. This part of the streamwork includes six parallel banks measuring 3m wide and 1.3m high. These banks represent waste material thrown systematically downstream into previously worked areas by tinners exploiting alluvial deposits. The alignment and shape of the mounds indicates that exploitation was carried out in an eastward direction and using only shovels to dispose of the waste gravel and stones. This particular part of the streamwork was clearly earlier in date than pillow mound [130885].

Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Ringmoor Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361636.

See report for detail.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7369 - Survey of Granite Loading Bays at Trowlesworthy, Devon
• EDV8917 - Survey of the archaeological features on Ringmoor Down

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