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Summary

Two large rectangular embanked reservoirs on the hillside to the east of the engine shaft, which supplied water for the boiler of the pumping engine and a water wheel. The reservoirs are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1950s and remain identifiable as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020565: Post-medieval deer park, medieval fishpond, 18th century triumphal arch and a 19th century lead mine, ore works and smelt mill at Boringdon Park

Other References/Statuses

• Old SAM Ref: 33780

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• RESERVOIR (XIX - 1820 AD to 1857 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Map object based on this Source.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Royal Air Force, 1951, RAF/540/493, RAF/540/493 RP 3009-3010 12-MAY-1951 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363147.

Two rectangular earthwork pits are visible.

Royal Air Force, 1955, RAF/540/1578, RAF/540/1578 F22 0259-0260 01-APR-1955 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351231.

Two rectangular earthwork pits are visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1992, OS/92072 V, OS/92072 V 004-005 03-MAY-1992 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363229.

Two rectangular earthwork pits are visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5358 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Two rectangular earthwork pits are visible.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2003, Post-Medieval Deer Park, Medieval Fishpond, 18th century Triumphal Arch and a 19th Century Lead Mine, Ore Works and Smelt Mill at Boringdon Park (Schedule Document). SDV343933.

Two large rectangular embanked reservoirs on the hillside to the east of the engine shaft supplied water for the boiler of the pumping engine and a 35 foot (10.6 metres) diameter water wheel.

English Heritage, 2009, Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South West, 110 (Report - non-specific). SDV342694.

Extensive significant problems. Principal vulnerability collapse.

Ordnance Survey, 2009, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV341569.

Map object based on this Source.

English Heritage, 2010, Heritage at Risk Register 2010: South West, 103 (Report - non-specific). SDV344777.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

Two rectangular pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1950s on the eastern edge of Boringdon Wood. They correspond closely with earthworks depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1880s 25inch First Edition map.
The northernmost pit is approximately 33m long, west to east, and 18m wide, north to south. Circa 14m to the south, the second pit is approximately 25m long, west to east, and 11m wide, north to south.
The more substantial northern earthwork appears to be embanked on all except the northern side.
Aerial photographs of 1992 reveal the north-west corner of the northernmost pit to have been levelled by the creation of a modern track. The remainder of the earthworks are identifiable on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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