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Summary

Cider mill stone is situated on level ground on the saddle between Sourton Tors and Corn Ridge. It lies 6 metres from the cairn alignment and includes half of the lower stone. The stone was made nearby, but discarded during transport from the moor. The diameter of the stone is 2.28 metres Its thickness at the margin is 0.43 metres and at its centre 0.68 metres

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58NW/141
• Old SAM Ref: 24060

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MILLSTONE (Constructed, Early Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 2000 AD (Between))

Full description

Worth, R. H., 1981, Dartmoor, 384 (Monograph). SDV231173.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130994. (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited on 30th April 1993. This cider mill stone is situated on level ground on the saddle between Sourton Tors and Corn Ridge. It lies 6 metres from the cairn alignment and includes half of the lower stone. Cider mill stones were often made in two halves and were used for crushing apples. This stone was made nearby, but discarded during transport from the moor. The diameter of the stone is 2.28 metres. Its thickness at the margin is 0.43 metres, and at its centre 0.68 metres.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 219 (Monograph). SDV219155.

One half of the base of an apple crusher for cider making lying about 40 metres away from Sourton Tors stone circle. They were often made on two halves and this one seems to have been completed but then suffered some damage in transport and abandoned where it lies.

Historic England, 2024, National Heritage List for England, 1007827 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365835.

This monument includes a stone circle, cairn alignment, cider mill stone and a short length of boundary ditch with bank situated on level ground on the saddle between Sourton Tors and Corn Ridge. The cider millstone lies 6 metres from the cairn alignment and includes half of the lower stone of a cider mill. This stone was made nearby but discarded during transport from the Moor. A cider mill consisted of an annular trough in which ran a millstone, set on its edge. The diameter of this stone is 2.28 metres. Its thickness at the margin is 0.43 metres and at its centre 0.68 metres. The depth and width of the annular trough is 0.17 metres.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, unknown, SX58NW21, SX58NW21 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV225977.

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Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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