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HER Number:MDV26375
Name:Streamworking on the Venford Brook, north and south of Reservoir, Holne

Summary

Centred SX 6820 7064 are 18 hectares of streamworking remains on the Venford Brook. Large area of streamwork extending from the south of the Venford Reservoir in three branches in the west to SX67277050 in the south-west SX67817011 where it meets an area of openwork SX67SE/339, and south at SX68287014. Visible on the 1946 Royal Air Force aerial photograph.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 679 708
Map Sheet:SX67SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishHolne
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishHOLNE

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX67SE276
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 1220294
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/369

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • STREAMWORK (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 4366-4367 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

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

Centred SX 6820 7064 are 18 hectares of streamworking remains on the Venford Brook. Large area of streamwork extending from the south of the Venford Reservoir in three branches in the west to SX67277050 in the south-west SX67817011 where it meets an area of openwork sx67se/339, and south at SX68287014. Visible on the 1946 Royal Air Force aerial photograph.

English Heritage, 2005, Industrial Survey Information (Report - Survey). SDV346396.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV169268Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4366-4367.
SDV319854Cartographic: 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.
SDV346396Report - Survey: English Heritage. 2005. Industrial Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital. [Mapped feature: #85290 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV128886Related to: Adit at Ringleshutes, Holne (Monument)
MDV25411Related to: Concentration of tin pits on Holne Moor (Monument)
MDV129750Related to: Eastern of two hut circles at enclosures south-west of Venford Reservoir, Holne (Monument)
MDV12985Related to: Enclosures with a hut south-west of Venford Reservoir, Holne (Monument)
MDV25399Related to: Holne Moor Leat (Monument)
MDV6416Related to: Medieval buildings south-west of Venford Reservoir, Holne (Building)
MDV5296Related to: Ringleshutes Tin Mine, Holne (Monument)
MDV64120Related to: Round cairn south-west of Venford Reservoir Dam, Holne (Monument)
MDV25410Related to: Row of tin pits on Holne Moor (Monument)
MDV113643Related to: Two clearance cairns south-west of the Venford Reservoir Dam, Holne (Monument)
MDV115706Related to: Venford Reservoir, Holne (Monument)
MDV129752Related to: Western of two hut circles at enclosures south-west of Venford Reservoir, Holne (Monument)
MDV6268Related to: Wheal Emma Leat (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV7062 - Survey of the Wheal Emma Leat, Dartmoor
  • EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey

Date Last Edited:Sep 11 2023 2:54PM