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Summary

Approximately 8.5 ha of streamworking remains lie on both banks of the Willsworthy Brook between SX 54158388 and SX 53268262 where it enters enclosed land. The workings are now mostly overgrown and obscured by marsh though their edges are marked by a steep tinners cliff occasionally up to 3.0m high. The best preserved area of former working lies immediately SW of the Reddaford Leat where the characteristic water channels and linear spoil heaps are visible.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX58SW81
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1143702
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/144

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV237311.

Aph=raf cpe uk 2149/4291(11/6/1947).

Ordnance Survey, 1963-1996, 1963-1996 National Grid OS Metric (Cartographic). SDV350058.

"tin workings (disused)" marked on os 6" (1965) map (os).

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

Streamwork along both banks of the Willsworthy Brook visible on RAF 1947 aerial image at SX 5357 8320. From SX 5347 8297 to SX 390 8385.

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.

(12/07/1998) Centred SX 53578320. Approximately 8.5ha of streamworking remains lie on both banks of the Willsworthy Brook between SX 54158388 and SX 53268262 where it enters enclosed land. The workings are now mostly overgrown and obscured by marsh though their edges are marked by a steep tinners cliff occasionally up to 3.0m high. The best preserved area of former working lies immediately SW of the Reddaford Leat where the characteristic water channels and linear spoil heaps are visible.
There are no structures associated with these workings though a dam has been created at SX 54098394 presumably to control the flow of water through the workings. This largely marsh- covered feature is 4m wide and remains 1.0m high in places. The site of the former sluice is obscured by reeds.

Probert, S., 2001, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon. Integrated Land Management Plan Implementation: Archaeological Condition Baseline Survey Appendices 2-5 (Report - Survey). SDV357727.

(15/02/2001) These features remain as described.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

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

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