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| HER Number: | MDV25409 |
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| Name: | Intermittent tinworking on Holne Moor |
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Summary
An intermittent tinworking extending for some 1.8 km west from The Shanty. The workings comprise a number of openworks, tin pits and shafts following a roughly east to west line across Holne Lee towards Ringleshutes Mine.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 687 699 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Holne |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HOLNE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1078216
- National Record of the Historic Environment: SX67SE258
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/341
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
- OPEN CUT (Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
- SHAFT (Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 4366-4367 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Several rows of trial pits connected to each other visible on Royal Air Force 1946 aerial photograph.
Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 1997, Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV173671.
(08/12/1996) SX 69856975 to 67907017. An intermittent tinworking extending for some 1.8km W from The Shanty. The workings comprise a number of openworks, tin pits and shafts following a roughly E to W line across Holne Lee towards Ringleshutes Mine. Most of the workings consist of small prospecting pits and larger extractive pits and shafts in three distinct clusters; immediately W of The Shanty where the pits are generally small, along the foot of the N flank of Holne Lee and a series of larger shafts between the two E arms of the Venford Brook. The two openworks are centred on Great Combe, the smaller follows a S to N line up the steep slope on the N side of the combe while the larger, consisting of a large central channel and several smaller branches runs SE to NW from the head of the combe towards the N tip of Holne Lee. A reservoir (SX 67 SE 260) centred at SX 68637002 formerly fed the upper end of this working. There are no structures associated with these extensive workings.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4366-4367. |
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| SDV173671 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P.. 1997. Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. [Mapped feature: #134815 ] |
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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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Associated Monuments
| MDV24728 | Parent of: Small openwork north of Great Combe, Holne (Monument) |
| MDV25411 | Related to: Concentration of tin pits on Holne Moor (Monument) |
| MDV28287 | Related to: Leat at Holne Lee (Monument) |
| MDV25410 | Related to: Row of tin pits on Holne Moor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 11 2023 2:55PM |
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