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Summary

An area of tin streamworks at the head of the Colly Brook. The remains are mostly disguised by bog but some patches of stony heaps and channels are visible at the western end near the outer enclosure walls of Wedlake.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57NE136
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1400165
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/168

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• STREAMWORKS (Constructed, Early Medieval to XVI - 1066 AD (Between) to 1540 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2149, 3376 (Aerial Photograph). SDV282746.

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

Streamwork on the Colly Brook visible on the 1949 aerial photograph from SX54407795 to SX54837815.

Newman, P., 2003, The Langstone Moor Stone Circle, Peter Tavy, Devon and its Prehistoric Environs, 25, fig 2 (Report - Survey). SDV255420.

Streamwork along both sides of 'Colly Brook' shown on the English Heritage survey of 2003 from SX54287787 to SX54877824.

Newman, P., 2004, Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV346874.

(11/11/2003) An area of shallow tin streamworks along the course of the Colly Brook on Peter Tavy Great Common. The workings are spread along both the moorland section of the brook and the enclosed lands leading down to Wedlake. The upper moorland section is now heavily overwhelmed by bog and its true extent is now hidden. The area near the enclosure walls consists of stony mounds and shallow channels. As the working extends west the perimeter is marked by a steep escarpment of up to 5.0 metres in places.

Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361635.

An area of tin streamworks at the head of the Colly Brook. The remains are mostly disguised by bog but some patches of stony heaps and channels are visible at the western end near the outer enclosure walls of Wedlake.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7275 - Survey of the Langstone Moor stone circle and other prehistoric monuments nearby
• EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
• EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
• EDV8667 - Survey of tinworks along the Colly Brook
• EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey

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