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| HER Number: | MDV26323 |
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| Name: | Streamworks along brook north of White Tor, Peter Tavy |
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Summary
Approximately 3.2ha of streamworking remains flank an unnamed tributary of the Youldon Brook. The remains consist of linear spoilheaps separated by, now dry water, channels on both banks of the stream. The working is bounded by a steeply cut tinners cliff.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 544 797 |
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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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| Ecclesiastical Parish | TAVISTOCK |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork and structural remains of a bronze age settlement along a reave as well as a medieval field system and two farmsteads and post-medieval or earlier tin streamworking remains and trial pits on Cudlipptown Down
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX57NW159
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1403902
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/169
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- STREAMWORKS (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
National Monuments Record, 1977, NMR SX5479, 2/242 (Aerial Photograph). SDV226229.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Streamwork around brook visible on the 1977 aerial photograph, to the north of White Tor. From SX54687951 to SX54457986.
Newman, P., 2004, Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV346874.
(25/08/2004) Centred SX 54547970. Approximately 3.2 hectares of streamworking remains flank an unnamed tributary of the Youldon Brook between SX 54677949 and SX 54397995. The remains consist of the characteristic linear spoil heaps separated by now dry water channels on both banks of the stream. The working is bounded by a steeply cut tinners cliff up to 3.0 metres high. There are no associated structures within this working.
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 on a tributary of the Youlden Brook. Only a small part of the site is included in survey.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV226229 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1977. NMR SX5479. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 2/242. |
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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. [Mapped feature: #85269 ] |
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| SDV346874 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2004. Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. Unknown. |
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| SDV361635 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2018. Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation. South-west Landscape Investigations. A4 Comb Bound. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV56625 | Related to: Disused leat on Cudlipptown Down (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
- EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
- EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
| Date Last Edited: | May 31 2022 4:30PM |
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