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HER Number: | MDV13228 |
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Name: | Mortar stone in the River Erme, Harford SX64136273 |
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Summary
One of two mortar stones recorded in the River Erme, between Piles Copse and the confluence of the Left Lake stream with the river. Hankin (1977) records 'the mortar on the right, upstream surface, has only partly survived (diameter c.203mm)'. See also MDV4364.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 640 627 |
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Map Sheet: | SX66SW |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Harford |
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District | South Hams |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | HARFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66SW95
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 442446
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/126
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Worth, R. H., 1892, The Erme Yealm and Tory, 183 (Article in Serial). SDV261487.
Worth, R. H., 1940, Notes on some Dartmoor Blowing Houses, 205, 207 (Article in Serial). SDV218987.
Worth, R. H., 1940, The Dartmoor Blowing House, 218 (Article in Serial). SDV154693.
A two-hole mortar stone for tin ore, broken across both holes, lies close under the left bank of the river Erme below Lower Drylake. The holes are 9 1/2 inches in diameter and 7 inches deep. No evidence can be seen for a knocking mill in the vicinity, but the mortar may have come from the building at Upper Drylake (Monument HOB UID 442378).
Worth, R. H., 1967, Worth's Dartmoor, 298 (Monograph). SDV337618.
Mortarstone in the bed of the Erme, below Dry Lake. A mortar stone lies in the river close to the left bank. There are two mortars. No building identifiable as a blowing-house is near. Both mortars, diameter 9.5 inches, depth 7 inches.
Hankin, C. F., 1977, Mortarstone in the River Erme (Worksheet). SDV150520.
(31/01/1977) SX 6409 6276 Two mortar stones recorded by Hankin in 1977. Erme Valley, near Dry Lake. Altitude c.274m.
In the River Erme, close to the left bank, between Piles Copse and the confluence of the Left Lake stream with the river.
Some of the stone has broken away; the mortar on the upper surface can be measured (mortar I: diameter 242mm, depth 178mm); the mortar on the right, upstream surface, has only partly survived (mortar II: diameter c.203mm).
R. Handsford Worth (Worth, 1940, pg 205, 218) found the mortar stone "below Dry Lake, on the Erme, a mortar stone lies in the river close to the left bank. There are two mortars. No building identifiable as a blowing house is near." Worth records the same measurements for both mortars, dimeter 9.5 inches, depth 7 inches.
The mortar stone was discovered by R. H. Worth a fortnight before he read his paper, "The Erme, Yealm and Torry" to the Plymouth Institute on 31/03/1892 (Worth, 1892, pg 183).
Greeves, T. A. P., 1981, List of Known Devon Tin Mills c1450 - c1750, No. 47 (Report - non-specific). SDV319826.
SX 6405 6283? Stamping mill (undocumented). Field evidence includes mortarstone in bed of the Erme. No sign of a mill site in the immediate vicinity.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV150520 | Worksheet: Hankin, C. F.. 1977. Mortarstone in the River Erme. Worksheet. Digital. [Mapped feature: #135126 ] |
SDV154693 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. H.. 1940. The Dartmoor Blowing House. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 72. Paperback Volume. 218. |
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SDV218987 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. H.. 1940. Notes on some Dartmoor Blowing Houses. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 72. Paperback Volume. 205, 207. |
SDV261487 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. H.. 1892. The Erme Yealm and Tory. Transactions of the Plymouth Institute. 11. Unknown. 183. |
SDV319826 | Report - non-specific: Greeves, T. A. P.. 1981. List of Known Devon Tin Mills c1450 - c1750. List of Known Devon Tin Mills c1450 - c1750. 35. Unknown. No. 47. |
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SDV337618 | Monograph: Worth, R. H.. 1967. Worth's Dartmoor. Worth's Dartmoor. A5 Hardback. 298. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV4250 | Part of: Tin Mill between Dry Lake and River Erme, Harford (Monument) |
MDV4364 | Related to: Mortar stone found in the River Erme, below Lower Dry Lake (Find Spot) |
MDV62656 | Related to: TIN MILL in the Parish of Cornwood, Harford (Monument) |
Associated Finds
- FDV3449 - MORTAR STONE (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD to 1901 AD)
Associated Events
- EDV8082 - Survey of the Upper Erme Valley
Date Last Edited: | Sep 11 2023 11:56AM |
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