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| HER Number: | MDV62933 |
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| Name: | Mortarstone east of Cholwell Brook |
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Summary
Complete double mortarstone discovered to the east of Cholwell Brook in 2000.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 509 807 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Mary Tavy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MARY TAVY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/202
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD? (Between))
Full description
Greeves, T. A. P., 2001, Untitled Source (Worksheet). SDV258169.
(Site visited 20/01/2001) A complete double mortarstone discovered approximately June 2000 by a Mr S. Roberts and Mr I. Robinson. A very dark fine-grained rock (not granite). Forms part of a low revetment wall on upslope side of what appears to be a track from a mine shaft to the river. On east bank of Cholwell Brook, but several metres from river, and above it. Two mortars visible on upper surface, unusually aligned across the short axis of the stone. A hollow can be felt on the underside.
The maximum dimensions of the stone are: 0.7 by 0.5 meters by 0.31 meters deep. Each mortar is 0.14 - 0.15 meters in diameter, 0.05 meters deep. Centre to centre measurement of the mortars is 0.21 meters. Sited at the north end of an area of tin streamworks.
First mortarstone to be recorded west of the River Tavy and the first within the parish of Mary Tavy.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV258169 | Worksheet: Greeves, T. A. P.. 2001. Worksheet. Digital. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV3185 | Part of: Wheal Betsy Mine (Monument) |
Associated Finds
- FDV2553 - MORTAR STONE (Unknown date)
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 14 2016 1:48PM |
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