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HER Number: | MDV134940 |
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Name: | Dressing floor at Foxhole Tin Mine, Lydford |
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Summary
Dressing floor at the 19th century Foxhole Tin Mine with two circular buddles of 6.5 metres diameter
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 545 853 |
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Map Sheet: | SX58NW |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Lydford |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BUDDLE (Constructed, XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD)
- DRESSING FLOOR (Constructed, XIX - 1845 AD (Between) to 1872 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Three sided structure with two circular features shown at 'Foxhole Mine (tin disused)' on19th century map.
Greeves, T. A. P., 1990, An Assessment of Dartmoor Tinworking, 28 (Report - Assessment). SDV343684.
Wheal Frederick. A short-lived mid-19th century mine. Has a well preserved mine office and dressing floor (including leat, embankment and wheelpit) containing round buddles which are likely to be the earliest on the moor.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 223, Map 43 (Monograph). SDV219155.
Remains of Foxhole Mine on the west bank of the Doetor Brook. The lack of any production records of this 19th century tin mine suggest it was not particularly successful. A short leat is taken off the river upstream from a clapper bridge to a launder bank in almost perfect condition. Water flowed from the wheel pit below of 8 metres long by 1.8 metres wide, to a round buddle with central spreader still in place, before returning to the stream. The walls of the two roomed mine building, each with a fireplace, stand to a considerable height with an entrance facing the river.
Greeves, T. A. P., 1997, Tin Stamping Mills of Dartmoor after AD 1750, 6-8 (Article in Serial). SDV346020.
Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV350801.
(20/02/2004) The remains of Wheal Frederick tin mine lies on the west side of Doe Tor Brook amid remains of earlier tin streamworks. The mine was active between 1845 and 1872 and was associated with similar remains on the Rattlebrook to the east. The remains comprise a wheelpit and stamping mill, dressing floor with circular buddles and a building. The dressing floor comprises a roughly triangular level area adjacent to the stream at the southern end of the site. The floor is revetted on two sides and contains two circular buddles, each of which is also surrounded by a low curving wall. The buddles consist of circular depressions with fragments of a masonry lining around the circumference. Both have a diameter of 6.5 metres. South of the buddles there are additional rectangular pits and stone lined channels also associated with the tin dressing process.
Ordnance Survey, 2024, Mastermap 2024 (Cartographic). SDV365834.
'Foxhole Mine (disused)' shown on modern mapping.
Historic England, 2024, National Heritage List for England, 1021214 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365835.
Foxhole Mine is represented by a stamping mill, a group of buildings and a dressing floor. The tin ore crushed under the stamps was carried to the nearby dressing floor which survives as two circular buddles together with a number of channels and hollows contained within a terraced area denoted by a drystone revetment.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 223, Map 43. |
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SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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SDV343684 | Report - Assessment: Greeves, T. A. P.. 1990. An Assessment of Dartmoor Tinworking. Digital. 28. |
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SDV346020 | Article in Serial: Greeves, T. A. P.. 1997. Tin Stamping Mills of Dartmoor after AD 1750. Dartmoor Magazine. 49. Paperback Volume. 6-8. |
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SDV350801 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P.. 2003-2004. Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. 28-2004. Unknown. |
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SDV365834 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2024. Mastermap 2024. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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SDV365835 | National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2024. National Heritage List for England. Website. 1021214. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV21892 | Part of: Foxhole Mine or Wheal Frederick Tin Mine, Lydford (Monument) |
MDV134943 | Related to: Building at Foxhole Tin Mine, Lydford (Building) |
MDV134941 | Related to: Counting House at Foxhole Tin Mine, Lydford (Building) |
MDV28089 | Related to: Streamworks at the northern end of Doetor Brook to the south of Great Links Tor, Lydford (Monument) |
MDV134942 | Related to: Wheel Pit at Foxhole Tin Mine, Lydford (Monument) |
MDV3576 | Related to: Wheelpit and dressing floor 150m north-east of Deadlake Foot, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
- EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
- EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range
Date Last Edited: | Jul 16 2024 3:43PM |
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