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| HER Number: | MDV42838 |
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| Name: | Remains of a tin mill on Roborough Down |
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Summary
Platform which may have been the site of a tin mill known to have existed on roborough down circa 1600-1603 (gray).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 524 652 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NW |
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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
- SHINE: Earthwork and structural remains of the World War II RAF Harrowbeer airfield, as well as medieval fields and farms, industrial tin working, sections of the Devonport and Plymouth Leats, and part of the Plymouth and Dartmoor Tramway on Roborough Down
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NW/199
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TIN MILL (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV170124.
Gray, v. /tda/122(1990)79/a leat on roborough down and an early seventeenth-century tinners' dispute.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV170125.
Gray, v. /(1990)73,79/a leat on roborough down and an early seventeenth century tinners' dispute.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV170126.
Exeter archaeology/archaeological assessment of south west water burrator to crownhill water main upgrade/(1996)6/(ea report 96.56).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV3506.
Platform which may have been the site of a tin mill known to have existed on roborough down circa 1600-1603 (gray).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV79.
The grassy platform at this point is likely to have been the site of a tin mill powered by the adjoining crymes leat; presumably one of the two for which permission was given by the star chamber in 1603 (see gray) (exeter archaeology).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV170124 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV170125 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV170126 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV3506 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV79 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments
| MDV25645 | Related to: Cryme's Leat, Roborough Down (Monument) |
| MDV105701 | Related to: Trial pits on Roborough Down, Buckland Mononchorum (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 24 2017 2:33PM |
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