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Summary

Attached to the south end of the dressing floor wall is a ruined rectangular structure, built into the base of the slope. The roofless building measures 5m by 3.4m internally with walls of 1m high and 0.8m thick.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork and structural remains of a section of the late 18th century Devonport Leat running from Raddick Hill to Nun's Cross, including extensive tinning remains at Cramber Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 57 SE 60
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/36/3
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: sx57se60
• Pastscape: 440204

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BUILDING (Built, XIX - 1801 AD to 1850 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV272238.

Osa=sx57se60 (nb there are two sx57se60 os cards). Vis=14/8/1970 (os) it is possible that there was a waterwheel here, in which case the ruined building could have been a blowing mill. Alternatively the building could have been a store.

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

Not visible on 1946 aerial photographs.

Newman, P., 1996, Early Tin Mills in the Newleycombe Valley, 9-10 (Article in Serial). SDV220914.

At Wheal Chance tin stamping mill, a ruined building possibly linked to a second leat. A double mortar is built into the wall of a ruined building at Wheal Chance Mine.

Newman, P., 2007, Cramber Tor Training Area Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV348210.

(01/08/2006) Remains of Wheal Chance Tin Mine, dating from the early 19th-century, on the site of a possible post-medieval stamping mill. The tin mine comprises shafts, whim platforms, adits, leats, tramway or track and a stamping mill with dressing floor. See associated records.
Attached to the south end of the dressing floor wall is a ruined rectangular structure, built into the base of the slope. The roofless building measures 5m by 3.4m internally with walls of 1m high and 0.8m thick. There is a compartment of 1.2m wide built into the rear eastern wall. The door opening is on the west wall and is approximately 1m wide. The interior of the building is strewn with tumbled masonry and the whole is covered by turf and heather. A double mortarstone with two shallow hollows is built into the north wall and is evidence that this is the site of a much earlier tin stamping mill which was probably destroyed when Wheal Chance was established.

Probert, S., 2008, Follow-Up Works to Cramber Tor Archaeological Baseline Condition Survey, Dartmoor Training Area (Report - Survey). SDV351304.

Greeves, T., 2012, Cramber Tor Training Area. Monument Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV350251.

Probert, S. A. J., 2017, A Condition Survey of the Archaeological Sites of the Cramber Tor Training Area, Devon, 2017 (Report - Survey). SDV360392.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7382 - Condition Survey of the Cramber Tor Training Area
• EDV6034 - Monument Condition Survey in Cramber Tor Training Area
• EDV6152 - Follow-up Works to Threatened Sites in the Cramber Tor Training Area
• EDV6153 - Monument Baseline Condition Survey in the Cramber Tor Training Area
• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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