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| HER Number: | MDV25673 |
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| Name: | Tinworking trial pits north-east of Piles Hill, Ugborough |
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Summary
Area of tinworking trial pits north-east of Piles Hill covering 0.4 hectares and crossing the stone row. Previously recorded as a pillow mound
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 654 610 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Ugborough |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UGBOROUGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/365
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TRIAL PIT (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
National Monuments Record, 1969, NMR SX6463, 1, 28 (Aerial Photograph). SDV165976.
Photograph taken on 12th April 1969.
National Monuments Record, 1980, SF1743, 76-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDV161746.
Photograph taken on 9th April 1980.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
A pillow mound between a tramway and trial pits visible on aerial photographs.
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.
Visible on aerial photograph.
Riley, H., 2021, Archaeological Survey: Ugborough Premier Archaeological Landscape, Harford and Ugborough, 17, 7.4 (Report - Survey). SDV364697.
Extraction pits.
Riley, H., 2021, UG21 heritage asset database and gazetteer of sites (Report - Survey). SDV364699.
Visited on 26th April 2021, surveyed and recorded. Trial pits on Piles Hill: small area of pits at SX65491 61015 covers circa 0.4 hectares, previously identified as pilllow mounds or vermin traps. Externsive area of pits centred at SX65394 60356 covers some 4.2 hectares.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV161746 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1980. SF1743. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 76-7. |
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| SDV165976 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1969. NMR SX6463. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 1, 28. |
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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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| 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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Associated Monuments
| MDV3066 | Related to: Blackwood Path from Wrangaton Moor Gate to Hook Lake and Erme Pound, Ugborough Moor (Monument) |
| MDV25680 | Related to: Possible vermine trap, Ugborough (Monument) |
| MDV5662 | Related to: Stone alignment on Piles Hill, Ugborough (Monument) |
| MDV3138 | Related to: The Redlake China Clay Railway, Harford & Dratmoor Forest Parishes (Monument) |
| MDV132340 | Related to: Tinworking trial pits south of Piles Hill, Harford (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8770 - Archaeological Survey: Ugborough Premier Archaeological Lanscape, Harford and Ugborough
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 19 2022 10:48AM |
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