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| HER Number: | MDV57418 |
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| Name: | Tinners' cache south-west of Great Mis Tor |
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Summary
Cache attached to linear boundary south-west of Great Mis Tor. Its interior is defined by 12 carefully placed large flat slabs standing up to 0.9 metres high. The doorway faces west-south-west and is 0.4 metres wide. May have been used for the storage of tin or tools and may have built by the tinners' from the nearby blowing mills.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 553 766 |
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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 | WALKHAMPTON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/163
- Old SAM Ref: 28788(P)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TINNERS CACHE (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 143936, 16/11/1994 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
Cache is attached to the linear boundary (MDV57416) and its interior which is defined by 12 carefully placed large flat slabs standing up to 0.9 metres high, measures 2 metres by 1.1 metres. The doorway faces west-south-west and is 0.4 metres wide.
May have been used for the storage of tin or tools and may have built by the tinners' from the nearby blowing mills.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 79; fig 30 (Monograph). SDV219155.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 79; fig 30. |
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| SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 143936, 16/11/1994. [Mapped feature: #36399 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV57416 | Related to: Bank (Monument) |
| MDV57417 | Related to: Tinners' cache south-west of Great Mis Tor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 26 2016 9:37AM |
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