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| HER Number: | MDV4731 |
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| Name: | North Roborough Down Tin Mine |
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Summary
A few undulations on the west of the Horrabridge-Yelverton road, mark the site of the small North Roborough Down Tin Mine which functioned in the early 1860s.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 511 684 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Buckland Monachorum |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BUCKLAND MONACHORUM |
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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/45
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TIN MINE (XIX - 1860 AD to 1869 AD)
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262802.
Des=os 6"(1907)112nw. 'quarry' indicated on os 6" (1907). Shown but not indicated on os 6" (1954) (os).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262803.
Harris, h. /industrial archaeology of dartmoor/(1968)191. North roborough down tin mine. A few undulations on the west of the horrabridge-yelverton road, mark the site of the small north roborough down tin mine which functioned in the early 1860's (harris).
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV262804.
Aph=raf/106g/ud/1190/3204-3205(27/2/1946).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262806.
Barclay, n. C. /devon mines/(1932)/ms in local studies library, plymouth.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262807.
Richardson, p. H. G. /british mining/44(1992)139/mines of dartmoor and the tamar valley after 1913.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not recorded.
Rowe, A., 1999, Buckland Monachorum: A West Devon Down and its History, 19 (Monograph). SDV262805.
Rowe states that Barclay found remains of medieval pits and ginnies and remains of a 19th century engine house and buddles at the North Roborough Mine workings.
Sources / Further Reading
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| SDV262804 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV262805 | Monograph: Rowe, A.. 1999. Buckland Monachorum: A West Devon Down and its History. Buckland Monachorum: a West Devon Down and its History. Paperback Volume. 19. |
| SDV262806 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV262807 | Migrated Record: |
| 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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Associated Monuments
| MDV28247 | Related to: Open cut on Roborough Down (Monument) |
| MDV28246 | Related to: Open cut on Roborough Down (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 17 2023 4:15PM |
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