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Summary

The mill was already a ruin in 1566. A few blocks of granite lying at the bottom of the hollow is all that remains of the blowing house, still to be seen is a deep pear shaped hollow which contained the mill pond; the south west end of this pond empties into a square hollow excavated into the right bank of the stream. A small leat which fed the stream can be traced a few yards up the right bank of the stream which descends from the bogs under hameldon beacon. It seems probable that the tin smelted here was obtained from the small opencast gullies on stoneslade (french + linehan). Blowing mill documented before 1566. There is no clear field evidence of a mill at the above ngr (greeves).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX77NW53
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 445173
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NW/46

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SMELTERY (Constructed, Early Medieval to XVI - 1066 AD (Between) to 1566 AD (Between))
• TIN MILL (Constructed, Early Medieval to XVI - 1066 AD (Between) to 1566 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV308072.

Des=raf pl.14 series rp/540/483 april 1951 no.3083.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV308073.

Osa=sx77nw53.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV308074.

Des=greeves, t. /list of known devon tin mills c.1450-c.1750/(1981)no.5 (in smr). Blackaton blowing mill. The mill was already a ruin in 1566. A few blocks of granite lying at the bottom of the hollow is all that remains of the blowing house, still to be seen is a deep pear shaped hollow which contained the mill pond; the south west end of this pond empties into a square hollow excavated into the right bank of the stream. A small leat which fed the stream can be traced a few yards up the right bank of the stream which descends from the bogs under hameldon beacon. It seems probable that the tin smelted here was obtained from the small opencast gullies on stoneslade (french + linehan). Blowing mill documented before 1566. There is no clear field evidence of a mill at the above ngr (greeves).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV308075.

Chope, r. P. /tda/43(1911)281/the lord dynham's lands.

French, H. + Linehan, C. D., 1963, Abandoned Medieval Sites in Widecombe in the Moor, 175-6 (Article in Serial). SDV345196.

SX 700779. A survey of 1566 (Exeter City Library Muniments) mentions the walls of a blowing house on land belonging to a Peter Langworthy, which lay in the north part of the 'Churchway', near Blakadon.
A deep pear-shaped hollow which contained the mill-pond can still be seen. The south-west end of this pond empties into a square hollow excavated into the right bank of the stream. A few granite blocks lying at the bottom of the hollow are all that remains of the foundations. A small leat which fed the mill pond can be traced a few yards up the right bank of the stream which descends from the bogs under Hameldon Beacon. (SX 77 NW 26).

Beeson, M. M. R. + Masterman, M. C. H., 1979, An Archaeological Survey of Enclosed Land in Widecombe-In-The-Moor Parish, vol v 1063 (Report - Survey). SDV337078.

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

Not visible on RAF / NMR photos.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV1246 - Widecombe parish Survey

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