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| HER Number: | MDV6425 |
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| Name: | Alleged blowing mill on the East Dart near Brimpts |
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Summary
ragmentry remains of a possible blowing house were allegedly noted here. Field investigation could not locate such a feature.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 672 738 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Widecombe in the Moor |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67SE77
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 443084
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/43
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BLOWING HOUSE? (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV218495.
Aph=os/72/066 045-6.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV218497.
Des=greeves, t. /list of doubtful devon tin mills c.1450-c.1750/(1981)no.8 (in smr). Blowing mill at brimpts. On the east dart, near brimpts, are the fragmentary remains of what may have been a blowing house. An apparent wheelpit, a portion of wall along- side this, with a window opening not unlike those found in other blowing houses, and part of another wall were found. There is a huge chasm in the rocks above towards brimpts (being filled with domestic rubbish) where water may have been stored, as in a millpond, for the intermittent turning of the wheel. In woods somee300m west of brimpts is a huge, more modern wheelpit far from the stream and any obvious water supply (parsons). There is no evidence of a mill at the above ngr but there is a probable xix century structure at sx67007385 (greeves).
Parsons, H., 1956, Dartmoor Blowing Houses: Some Recent Investigations, 190 (Article in Serial). SDV147453.
The fragmentary remains of what appears to be a blowing house, a few yards from the East Dart, at SX 672738. Noted by Miss Lois Deacon, Masson Phillips Birkett Dixon and Hamlyn Parsons in 1950/51.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX67SE77 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV218496.
(03/06/1980) A search along both sides of the East Dart revealed no identifiable remains of the reported blowing house.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not visible on RAF 1947 or NMR 1977 aerial photographs.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(07/11/1988) There is no evidence to suggest the presence of a blowing house. The area comprises a low stoney knoll in mature woodland, adjacent to the W bank of the East Dart River.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV147453 | Article in Serial: Parsons, H.. 1956. Dartmoor Blowing Houses: Some Recent Investigations. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 89. Unknown. 190. |
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| SDV218495 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV218496 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1980. SX67SE77. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV218497 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV350839 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 1 2022 4:27PM |
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