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Summary

Medieval or later tin works situated within an area of streamworks. An archaeological field survey in 1990 recorded a tongue-shaped excavation open to the southeast, aligned northwest to southeast and cut back horizontally into the hillslope foot from the valley floor. A flat base, 8.7metres long and 2 metres wide, leads to steep sides and back 1.1-1.6m deep. There are small spoil scatters and mounds around the outside, comprising small stones typical of streamworking debris.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NE47
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442495?
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/310
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/93

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) EXTRACTIVE PIT (Constructed, Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
• (Former Type) STREAMWORKS (Constructed, Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
• (Former Type) TIN WORKS (Constructed, Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
• (Former Type) TINNERS HUT? (Constructed, XV to Post Medieval - 1401 AD? to 1750 AD)

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV313483.

Osa=sx67ne47/map.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV313484.

Osa=sx67ne4/O.

Shorter, A. H., 1938, Ancient Fields in Manaton Parish, 188 (Article in Serial). SDV289514.

At 'O' (SX 69107904) is a roughly circular platform that may have been a dwelling of some kind. A 'protected passage-way' leads to it, which some people think is a tin-working. The platform is not 'protected' on the west side, where it leads on to the three terraces.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Not recorded in project.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(15/06/1990) SX 6910 7904: on the W bank of the West Webburn River an alleged house platform (Shorter, 1938) is a small tinners' exploration.
It is a tongue-shaped excavation open to the SE, aligned NW to SE and cut back horizontally into the hillslope foot from the valley floor. A flat base 8.7m long and 2m wide leads to steep sides and back 1.1-1.6m deep. There are small spoil scatters and mounds around the outside, comprising small stones typical of streamworking debris: the feature is not a house platform. The 'protected way' described by Shorter (1938) leading from it to the SW is formed in part from streamworking channels/linear mounds and also from the southernmost boundary of field system SX 67 NE 111, so it is not a 'way' at all.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8658 - Challacombe, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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