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| HER Number: | MDV26907 |
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| Name: | Tin working above the right bank of the Willsworthy Brook |
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Summary
Shallow opencast workings and tin pits above the right bank of the Willsworthy Brook
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 535 835 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58SW |
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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
- National Monuments Record: SX58SW89
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1143731
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/126
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (Constructed, Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))
- OPEN CUT (Constructed, Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV236489.
Aph=raf cpe uk 2149/4292(11/6/1947).
Ordnance Survey, 1963-1996, 1963-1996 National Grid OS Metric (Cartographic). SDV350058.
'Tin Workings (disused)' marked on 1965 historic map.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Line of openwork, and groups of trial pits visible on RAF 1947 aerial image at SX 5369 8363.
Probert, S. + Fletcher, M. + Newman, P., 1998, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon: An Archaeological survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV350638.
(10/07/1998) Centred SX52188243. Two shallow open cast workings and a cluster of small pits follow a tin lode from the right bank of the Willsworthy Brook across the S flank of White Hill between SX53758363 and SX53428360. The opencast workings are around 7m wide and 1.5m deep while the pits are in the range of 3.0m to 5.0m in diameter and rarely more than 1.0m deep. There are no structures associated with these workings.
Probert, S., 2001, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon. Integrated Land Management Plan Implementation: Archaeological Condition Baseline Survey Appendices 2-5 (Report - Survey). SDV357727.
(05/01/2001) These features remain as described.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV236489 | Aerial Photograph: |
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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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| SDV350058 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1963-1996. 1963-1996 National Grid OS Metric. Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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| SDV350638 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. + Fletcher, M. + Newman, P.. 1998. Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon: An Archaeological survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. [Mapped feature: #134293 ] |
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| SDV357727 | Report - Survey: Probert, S.. 2001. Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon. Integrated Land Management Plan Implementation: Archaeological Condition Baseline Survey Appendices 2-5. English Heritage Archaeological Investigation Report. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7368 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy (1998)
- EDV6663 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
- EDV6664 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
- EDV6665 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
- EDV8141 - Condition survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 25 2023 11:28AM |
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