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| HER Number: | MDV122636 |
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| Name: | Streamworks at Cowsic Head |
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Summary
Approximately 1 hectare of streamworks in a boggy area at the head of the Cowsic River. The area is defined by an escarpment and contains linear spoil heaps and water channels.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 593 801 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58SE |
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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: SX58SE34
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1184973
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- STREAMWORKS (Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(17/08/1995) Streamworks at Cowsic Head. Approximately 1.0 hectare of well defined streamworking remains at Cowsic Head are enclosed by massive tinners cliffs up to 4.5 metres high. The linear spoil heaps and water channels characteristic of the former workings are generally well preserved though some are partially obscured by encroaching bog. There do not appear to be any associated structures.
Newman, P., 2004, Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV346874.
(15/12/2004) As described in 1995.
Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361635.
Approximately 1 hectare of streamworks in a boggy area at the head of the Cowsic River. The area is defined by an escarpment and contains linear spoil heaps and water channels.
Sources / Further Reading
| 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. |
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| SDV346874 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2004. Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. Unknown. |
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| SDV361635 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2018. Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation. South-west Landscape Investigations. A4 Comb Bound. [Mapped feature: #112842 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
- EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 12 2021 3:39PM |
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