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Summary

Streamworking remains covering an area of 0.8 hectares.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1018930: Two irregular aggregate field systems with associated settlements, part of a coaxial field system, boundary stones and historic fields on Riddon Ridge

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NE135
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 913037
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/253
• Old SAM Ref: 28733

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• STREAMWORKS (Constructed, Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 2459-60 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

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

Streamwork cutting across reaves. Appears to be very marshy on the RAF 1946 aerial photograph rather than substantial tin heaps.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(07/09/1992) Centred SX 67397590. Approximately 0.8ha of streamworking remains located on the right bank of the short stream that leads south-east from Riddon Ridge to Vennet Ford on the Walla rook. The remains are visible as a series of short tinners' burrows and a sharp cut into the valley side marking the limit of alluvial working. The left bank of the stream, within Riddon Farm, is now marshy and displays little recognisable detail.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8296 - Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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