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Summary

Earthworks of a Medieval or later small tin lodeback working extending west to east above the left bank of the Rattle Brook. Archaeological field surveys in 1995 and 2003 recorded a deep trench, the spoil of which has previously been interpreted as a cairn, and a short line of smaller pits to the east.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Tinner's spoil heap north of the Rattle Brook

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX58SE7
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440597
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SE/14

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Crossing, W., 1912 (1965), Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor, 179 (Monograph). SDV320981.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX58SE7 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV232802.

(19/07/1950) SX 5635 8452 An elongated turf cairn, mutilated. Dimensions 12m by 8m. Height approximately 2.3m. Mutilated.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 179 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(19/07/1950) Not a cairn but the upcast from a fossicking pit, the largest of a line of similar pits leading up the hillside. Probably mining spoil-heap, 18th or 19th century. Diameter 12m by 8m, height 2.3m.

National Monument Record, 1979, SF1510, 250 (Aerial Photograph). SDV224088.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX58SE7 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV232800.

(05/11/1979) A prominent turf-covered elongated mound is situated on a valley slope and measures 12.2m by 8.1m and is 2.4m high. It is not a cairn but the up cast from a fossicking pit, the largest of a line of similar pits clearly visible leading up the hillslope.
See ground photograph.

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

Visible.

Gerrard, S., 1993-2010, Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report (Report - non-specific). SDV145710.

(09/11/1991) Trial pit upcast considered but not recommended for scheduling.

Probert, S. + Fletcher, M. + Newman, P., 1998, The Archaeology of the MOD Willsworthy Estate: An Archaeological Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England NMR Reports for each monument Part 2 (Report - Survey). SDV360379.

(21/08/1998) SX 56278449 TO SX 56428453. A small lodeback tinwork runs west to east above the left bank of the Rattle Brook immediately east of a small prehistoric settlement (SX 58 SE 6). The workings are represented by a deep trench, the spoil of which has previously been interpreted as a cairn, and a short line of smaller pits to the east. A narrow steep-sided channel and two further tin pits intrude into the settlement to the west.

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

(21/08/200?1) These features remain as described in 1998.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

This feature can be seen on the aerial photography.

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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