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| HER Number: | MDV28714 |
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| Name: | Blewstone tin mine, Bickleigh |
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Summary
Bluestone/blewstone tin mine is situated 600ft above sea level and dates back to the 17th century. See worksheet for documentary references (greeves cited by gray). Vis=27/4/1985 (gray). Near to tinners' diggings on roborough down.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 518 646 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Bickleigh (SH) |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BICKLEIGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SW/237
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MINE (XVI to XVII - 1600 AD to 1699 AD (Between))
Full description
GREEVES CITED BY GRAY, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV159612.
Bluestone/blewstone tin mine is situated 600ft above sea level and dates back to the 17th century. See worksheet for documentary references (greeves cited by gray). Vis=27/4/1985 (gray). Near to tinners' diggings on roborough down.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV159613.
Des=greeves, t. /phd thesis(1981).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV159614.
Des=gray, v. /parish checklist.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV159615.
Gray, v. /tda/122(1990)79/a leat on roborough down and an early seventeenth century tinners' dispute.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV159612 | Report - Survey: GREEVES CITED BY GRAY. |
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| SDV159613 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV159614 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV159615 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments
| MDV28833 | Related to: Cozons Beame Mine, Bickleigh (Monument) |
| MDV25640 | Related to: Crosbeame/Corewsbeame mine, Bickleigh (Monument) |
| MDV28253 | Related to: Leat on the southern part of Roborough Down (Monument) |
| MDV28832 | Related to: Uppeton Combehead mine, Bickleigh (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 24 2017 2:44PM |
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