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| HER Number: | MDV25442 |
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| Name: | Tin working pits above the O Brook |
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Summary
Several random clusters of tin pits on the moderate north-east facing slopes above both banks of the O Brook. The pits appear to be exploratory rather than extractive in nature.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 665 714 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| Civil Parish | Holne |
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| District | South Hams |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HOLNE |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67SE277
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1220304
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/404
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/519
- Old SAM Ref: 28772
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 2373-2374 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Row of trial pits extending from SX 66777128 to SX 66817126. Visible on RAF 1946 aerial photograph.
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152274 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
(04/05/1999) At SX 66597119 and SX 66707125. Prospecting pits within a partially enclosed hut settlement 430m NW of Horn's Cross. A group of pits centred at above grid reference relate to prospecting on this hillside. A solitary pit at SX 66707125 lies immediately upslope of hut circle SX57SE/152/2 and the 3.5m wide and 1m high spoil from this pit which measures 4m by 3m by 1.2m deep partly overlies the hut.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 191, Map 60, Figure 60. 11 (Monograph). SDV337765.
Row of four tinners' 'pits' shown to the south of the settlement at 'O Brook East huts and enclosures'.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1996, Holne Moor Survey (Report - Survey). SDV154079.
(01/06/1996) Centred SX 6655 7145 are several random clusters of tin pits on the moderate north-east facing slopes above both banks of the O Brook. The pits appear to be exploratory rather than extractive in nature.
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.
Visible on aerial photograph.
Environment Agency WMS, 2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362956.
Pits visible on Lidar data.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV154079 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1996. Holne Moor Survey. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. |
| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 2373-2374. |
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| SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 152274. |
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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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| SDV337765 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. 191, Map 60, Figure 60. 11. |
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| SDV361462 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV362956 | Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 2019. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), 2019. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV27685 | Related to: Dartmeet parallel reave system on Holne Moor (Monument) |
| MDV126399 | Related to: Hut circle 135 metres south-east of Saddle Bridge (Monument) |
| MDV61465 | Related to: Hut in settlement 430 metres north-west of Horn's Cross, Holne (Monument) |
| MDV26340 | Related to: Unlikely hut circles east of Down Ridge (Monument) |
| MDV6268 | Related to: Wheal Emma Leat (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey
- EDV8146 - Royal Commission Survey at Down Ridge and Swincombe
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 7 2022 12:36PM |
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