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| HER Number: | MDV28270 |
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| Name: | Streamworks to north of Wigford Down, Meavy |
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Summary
Visible on the aerial photographs, this consists of a east-west aligned area of working that runs from the southern side of Catstor Down westwards to Shadycombe Cottage.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 538 656 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Meavy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MEAVEY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NW/122
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- STREAMWORKS (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, 3235-3242 (Aerial Photograph). SDV340833.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
East-west band of streamworking visible on the 1946 aerial photograph and recorded on map overlay. Map object based on this source.
Greeves, T. A. P., 1990, An Assessment of Dartmoor Tinworking, 26 (Report - Assessment). SDV343684.
Greenwell Gert/Catstor Down. The great bulk of this impressive working survives, complete with leat systems and reservoirs on Wigford Down. Important lowland example.
Ordnance Survey, 2017, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359962.
Partially depicted on the modern mapping. Map object based on this source.
Newman, P., 2020, Wigford Down Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. A new survey (Report - Survey). SDV363780.
Sources / Further Reading
| 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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| SDV340833 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1190. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 3235-3242. |
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| SDV343684 | Report - Assessment: Greeves, T. A. P.. 1990. An Assessment of Dartmoor Tinworking. Digital. 26. |
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| SDV359962 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2017. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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| SDV363780 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2020. Wigford Down Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. A new survey. Southwest Landscape Investigations. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV28271 | Related to: Leats on Wigford Down (Monument) |
| MDV2219 | Related to: Parallel reave system on Wigford Down (Monument) |
| MDV128061 | Related to: Reservoir on north of Wigford Down (Monument) |
| MDV128062 | Related to: Reservoir on north-west side of Wigford Down (Monument) |
| MDV128074 | Related to: Reservoir on Wigford Down (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8316 - Wigford Down PAL survey
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 13 2021 11:09AM |
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