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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
- National Monuments Record: SX57NE54
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 619345
- 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
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1991, Duchy of Cornwall Enclosed Farmland Project: Archaeological Survey and Evaluation Dartmoor infill areas (Report - Survey). SDV364202.
(08/08/1988) entred at SX 59657745 are c.4 ha 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 SX 59507733 to SX 60077789. Within the streamwork area are two tinner's caches (SX 57 NE 56 & 57) and a tinner's hut (SX 57 NE 55).
Newman, P., 2004, Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV346874.
(10/08/2004) As decribed in 1988, although the edges of the tinwork are well defined the interior is now heavily covered by peat and turf containing bog in places.
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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| SDV346874 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2004. Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. Unknown. |
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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
- EDV8643 - Beardown Farm, Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 23 2021 11:46AM |
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