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HER Number: | MDV54352 |
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Name: | Streamworks on Beardown Hill |
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Summary
Area of streamworking, on both banks of Beardown Brook. A series of parallel banks of upcast stone and gravel are visible along the stream bed and within the streamwork area are two tinner's caches and a tinner's hut.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 597 775 |
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Map Sheet: | SX57NE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/138
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- STREAMWORKS (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
English Heritage, 2005, Industrial Survey Information (Report - Survey). SDV346396.
(Survey date: 8/8/1988) Centred at SX59657745 are approximately 4 hectares of streamworking, on both banks of Beardown Brook. A series of parallel banks of upcast stone and gravel are visible along the stream bed from SX59507733 to SX60077789. Within the streamwork area are two tinner's caches and a tinner's hut.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV346396 | Report - Survey: English Heritage. 2005. Industrial Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital. [Mapped feature: #94848 ] |
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Associated Monuments
MDV62521 | Related to: Leat on Beardown Hill, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
MDV105668 | Related to: Streamworks north of Beardown Tor (Monument) |
MDV54354 | Related to: Tinners cache in area of streamworking on Beardown Hill (Monument) |
MDV54355 | Related to: Tinners cache in area of streamworking on Beardown Hill (Monument) |
MDV54353 | Related to: Tinners hut in area of streamworking on Beardown Hill (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
- EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
Date Last Edited: | Dec 16 2013 11:01AM |
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