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| HER Number: | MDV54355 |
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| Name: | Tinners cache in area of streamworking on Beardown Hill |
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Summary
A tinner's cache formed by positioning a large granite slab, about 1.2 metres square, over a natural depression. This feature lies on the n bank of Beardown Brook in an extensive area of streamworking debris.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 599 778 |
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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: SX57NE57
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 619382
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/141
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TINNERS CACHE (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Hemery, E., 1983, High Dartmoor, 402 (Monograph). SDV249702.
Hemery refers to early tin works and a cache on the right bank "as the valley deepens below the source mire".
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.
(17/08/1988) SX 59977781. A tinner's cache formed by positioning a large granite slab, about 1.2m square, over a natural depression. This feature lies on the N bank of Beardown Brook in an extensive area of stream-working debris (Monument HOB UID 619345).
English Heritage, 2005, Industrial Survey Information (Report - Survey). SDV346396.
(Survey date: 8/8/1988) A tinner's cache formed by positioning a large granite slab, about 1.2 metres square, over a natural depression. This feature lies on the n bank of Beardown Brook in an extensive area of streamworking debris.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV249702 | Monograph: Hemery, E.. 1983. High Dartmoor. High Dartmoor. Hardback Volume. 402. |
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| SDV346396 | Report - Survey: English Heritage. 2005. Industrial Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital. [Mapped feature: #94851 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV54352 | Related to: Streamworks on Beardown Hill (Monument) |
| MDV54354 | 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 11:54AM |
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