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HER Number:MDV122148
Name:Lower Mill Pool, Buckfast

Summary

Site of Lower Mill Pool shown on 19th centuy map to the south-west of Lower Mill

Location

Grid Reference:SX 741 672
Map Sheet:SX76NW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishBuckfastleigh
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishASHBURTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • MILL POND (XVIII to XIX - 1800 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

Large irregular shaped mill pool to the south-west of Lower Mill.


Brown, S., July 2013, St. Mary's Primary School, Buckfast, Devon. Archaeological Watching Brief 2012-2013, 38-41, Figure 30 (Report - Watching Brief). SDV358143.

Mill pond associated with Lower Mill. It first appears on the Tithe map of 1843 and was served by a leat from the River Dart.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV358143Report - Watching Brief: Brown, S.. July 2013. St. Mary's Primary School, Buckfast, Devon. Archaeological Watching Brief 2012-2013. Stewart Brown Associates. A4 Bound. 38-41, Figure 30.
SDV359954Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. [Mapped feature: #111778 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV80420Related to: Buckfast Abbey Lower Mill Leat, Buckfast (Monument)
MDV7783Related to: Lower Buckfast Woollen Mills (Building)
MDV122147Related to: Lower Mill, Buckfast (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV6726 - Archaeological Watching Brief at St. Mary's Primary School, Buckfast
  • EDV5678 - Watching Brief at Buckfast Abbey
  • EDV6054 - Assessment of St. Anthonys, Buckfast Abbey
  • EDV6123 - Building Recording at St. Anthony's, Buckfast Abbey

Date Last Edited:Jun 8 2018 2:32PM