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Summary

Vis=est -/-/2000 (gerrard, s. ) two leats serving the tin stamping mill at outcombe (mpp).

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020242: Tin mill, tinwork and post-medieval farmstead at Outcombe, 260m east of eastern boundary of Roughtor Plantation

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/33/5
• Old SAM Ref: 34437

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LEAT (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

Untitled Source (National Monuments Record Database). SDV279225.

Nar=sx56ne16.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV279226.

Des=castle, p. + gill, p. + giles, n. / dtrg newsletter/3(1992)11/outcombe tin mill in sheepstor parish: a survey of the field etc.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., Des=mpp/156864. (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(16/06/2001) Two leats serving the tin stamping mill at outcombe (mpp). The leat serving the outcombe stamping mill leads from the e and is carried onto a substantial embankment measuring up to 1.4m high. This leat may have served an overshot wheel. Grass and bluebells.
A second leat lies below the one on the embankment and this may have served a pitch-back wheel or carried water into the mill itself (gerrard).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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