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| HER Number: | MDV6364 |
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| Name: | Alleged tinnner's cache by Deep Swincombe |
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Summary
Possible site of a medieval or later tinners' cache documented in 1948. However, field investigations in 1977 and 1995 located no evidence for the structure.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 644 717 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67SW |
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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: SX67SW48
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 443373
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SW/74
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TINNERS CACHE (Unknown date)
Full description
Burnard, R., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160759.
Further up the gorge beyond the "blowing house" (sx67sw/130) is a large granite boulder, one end resting on sloping ground, the other on a dwarf wall. Space enclosed is 0.6m. Probably a tinners cache for metal tools (burnard).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV263084.
Burnard, r. /trans. Plymouth institution/10(1887-1888)111-112/on the track of the 'old men'.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX67SW48 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV263083.
(24/08/1977) '(SX 64407174) Tinners' cache' cited by R. H. Worth (08/12/1948); he may have been referring to the (?) tinners store SX 67 SW 47.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(13/06/1995) SX 64407174 locality only. There are several unconvincing hollows under boulders in the locality but no tinners cache was identified described by the NGR.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV160759 | Migrated Record: Burnard, R.. |
| SDV263083 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX67SW48. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV263084 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV346608 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1993-1998. Dartmoor Royal Forest Project. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. Unknown. S. Probert. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 8 2022 5:02PM |
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