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| HER Number: | MDV4825 |
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| Name: | MINE in the Parish of Okehampton Hamlets |
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Summary
F12 forest mine. Copper, tin. Ormerod says that actinolite and garnet was found in this mine (ormerod).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 561 912 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX59SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Okehampton Hamlets |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | OKEHAMPTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX59SE/19
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MINE (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV217636.
Ramsden, j. V. /tda/84(1952)94/notes on the mines of devonshire. F12 forest mine. Copper, tin.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV217637.
H. M. Stationary office/abandoned mines/(1929).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV217638.
Collins, j. H. /observations on the west of england mining region/(1912).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV217639.
Worth, r. N. /tda/27(1895)297/geology of okehampton.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV217640.
Collins, j. H. /mineralogy cornwall and devon/(1895).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV217641.
Beer, p. /tda/104(1972)206/16th. Report of the geological section.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV217642.
Ormerod, g. W. /tda/2 part 1(1867)125/carboniferous beds on n edge of dartmoor. Ormerod says that actinolite and garnet was found in this mine (ormerod).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV217643.
Harris, h. /industrial archaeology of dartmoor/(1968)211. Undulations and spoil heaps in the "meldon" valley. There are the remains of forest, homerton, meddon mines, though no details of production have been found (harris).
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV217644.
Aph=raf cpe uk 2082/3372(19/5/1947).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV217645.
Bodman, m. /water-powered sites in devon/(1998)44.67/in smr.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Trial pits and short length of leat visible on aerial at SX 5623 9125. Further to the west a short length of leat running between the 850 and 875 foot contour centred at SX 5617 9120. Now submerged under Meldon Reservoir.
Sources / Further Reading
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| SDV217641 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV217642 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV217643 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV217644 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV217645 | 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
| MDV120245 | Related to: Meldon Reservoir (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 17 2023 4:17PM |
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