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| HER Number: | MDV26321 |
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| Name: | Streamworks on the Colly Brook, Peter Tavy |
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Summary
Two blocks of streamworks visible on the aerial photographs on the Colly Brook. One at SX53657710, the other at SX53707725.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 536 771 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Peter Tavy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | PETER TAVY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/167
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- STREAMWORK (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2149, 3375 (Aerial Photograph). SDV282746.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Two blocks of streamworks visible on the aerial photographs on the Colly Brook. One at SX53657710, the other at SX53707725.
Gerrard, S., 1996, The Early South-Western Tin Industry: An Archaeological View, 67-83 (Article in Serial). SDV337901.
Eluvial streamwork for tin extraction at Wedlake where the gradient of the tye was maximised by siting it directly across the contour.
Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.
Areas depicted on the modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV282746 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2149. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 3375. |
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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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| SDV337901 | Article in Serial: Gerrard, S.. 1996. The Early South-Western Tin Industry: An Archaeological View. Mining History: Bulletin PDMHS. The Archaeology of Mining and Metallurgy in. 13, Number 2. A4 Paperback + Digital. 67-83. |
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| SDV359352 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2016. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #85267 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8667 - Survey of tinworks along the Colly Brook
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 22 2023 4:31PM |
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