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HER Number: | MDV53351 |
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Name: | Slag from Bywood Farm, Dunkeswell |
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Summary
Bumpy field with large amounts of slag weathering out of the turf. Also recovered from amongst the tap slag was a furnace bottom. Slag was also incorporated into the cobbling on the west side of the farm buildings.
Location
Grid Reference: | ST 161 090 |
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Map Sheet: | ST10NE |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Dunkeswell |
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District | East Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | LUPPITT |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10NE/149
Monument Type(s) and Dates
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV109570.
Des=exeter archaeology/blackdown hills iron survey/(1995). Vis=17/2/1995 bumpy field with large amounts of slag weathering out of the turf. Also recovered from amongst the tap slag was a furnace bottom. Slag was also incorporated into the cobbling at st16140881 on the w side of the farm buildings (ea).
Cox, M., 2009, How Important were the Blackdown Hills as a Centre for the Iron Industry before the Industrial Revolution, 26 (Undergraduate Dissertation). SDV359500.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV109570 | Migrated Record: |
SDV359500 | Undergraduate Dissertation: Cox, M.. 2009. How Important were the Blackdown Hills as a Centre for the Iron Industry before the Industrial Revolution. University of Exeter Dissertation. Digital. 26. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV75089 | Related to: Slag Mound 330 metres north-north-west of Bywood Farm, Dunkeswell (Find Spot) |
MDV67545 | Related to: Slag Mound south east of Bywood Farm, Dunkeswell (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Apr 8 2016 9:53AM |
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