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Summary

The site of a blowing house is alleged at this location. During the digging of a cess pit at Inglett's Farm, Michelcombe a hollowed out granite stone, which appeared to be part of a mould-stone, was found. No other trace of a blowing house could be seen at the position. A possible cross shaft was found during the digging of a cess pit at Inglett's Farm, Michelcombe. It is octagonal in section, of granite, 0.25m in length and 0.20m in diameter.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66NE39
• National Monuments Record: SX66NE40
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 441467
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 441470
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/21

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CROSS (Early Medieval to XVI - 1066 AD (Between) to 1540 AD (Between))
• TIN MILL? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV152890.

Des=greeves, t. /list of doubtful devon tin mills c.1450-c.1750/(1981)no.41 (in smr). "blowing house" is marked by os here on strength of information supplied by R. H. Worth in 1948 recording a possible mouldstone. This is no longer visible and is of suspect status (greeves). Above ngr is approximate.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951, SX66NE39 / SX66NE40 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV152889.

(SX 69636898) 'Blowing House (NR) (site of)' marked on historic map (1969 edition).
(03/07/1951) During the digging of a cess pit at Inglett's Farm, Michelcombe, in 1948, a hollowed out granite stone which appeared to be part of a mould-stone was found, as well as the possible remains of a cross (SX 66 NE 40)
No other trace of a blowing house could be seen at the position marked by R.H. Worth (SX 69626899).
(SX 69636898) A possible cross shaft was found during the digging of a cess pit at Inglett's Farm, Michelcombe. It is octagonal in section, of granite, 0.25m in length and 0.20m in diameter. A tin-mould stone found at the same time suggests that it was re-used in the construction of a blowing house (SS 66 NE 39).

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

Not visible.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds

• FDV7721 - MOULD (Early Medieval to XVI - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)

Associated Events: none recorded

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