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Summary

Large group of tin prospecting pits on Quickbeam Hill

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork remains of a group of mine shafts and spoilheaps on Quickbeam Hill, Ugborough

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/170
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TRIAL PIT (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

National Monuments Record, 1969, NMR SX6463, 2 (Aerial Photograph). SDV165976.

Photograph taken on 22nd April 1969.

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

Two to four shafts and spoilheaps covering 1.3 hectares visible on aerial photograph.

Newman, P., 2018, Erme Valley Survey data (GIS and Excel spreadsheet) (Cartographic). SDV361913.

Group of 26 pits shown on survey.

Newman, P., 2018, The Upper Erme Valley, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: An Archaeological Survey, Appendix 1 (Report - Survey). SDV362921.

A large cluster of tin prospecting pits and possible undeveloped lode works on the southern slope of Quickbeam Hill, south of the Hook Lake tin streamworks. The approximately circular trial pits are up to 5 metres diameter and 1 to 2 metres deep, though some larger examples may be shallow shafts. A shallow trench was dug from the centre of the cluster, possibly from a level used to drain the pits. The pits have not been dated but are likely to be post-medieval.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8082 - Survey of the Upper Erme Valley

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