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Summary

A well-defined V-shaped gulley about 62m long running roughly south to north on the moderate north-facing slope of Metheral Hill overlooking Small Brook. The feature measures on average 7.5m wide at top and a maximum of 2.1m deep. An amorphous bank of spoil, now tunnelled by badgers, lies on the eastern lip of the working and measures roughly 5.0m wide and 0.4m high. A shallow, irregular depression resembling a small reservoir lies at the higher, southern end of the trench. There is no trace of a leat to feed this feature which measures approximately 5.5m diameter and 0.5m deep.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX69SW70
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 894170
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/227

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2082, 3380 (Aerial Photograph). SDV221887.

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

Small isolated openwork visible.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV346608.

(10/08/1993) SX 6142 9018. A well-defined V-shaped gulley about 62m long running roughly south to north on the moderate north-facing slope of Metheral Hill overlooking Small Brook. The feature measures on average 7.5m wide at top and a maximum of 2.1m deep. An amorphous bank of spoil, now tunnelled by badgers, lies on the eastern lip of the working and measures roughly 5.0m wide and 0.4m high. A shallow, irregular depression resembling a small reservoir lies at the higher, southern end of the trench. There is no trace of a leat to feed this feature which measures approximately 5.5m diameter and 0.5m deep.

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350801.

(24/10/2003) This small extractive site remains as described in 1993 though it continues to be disturbed by badgers.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
• EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range

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