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Summary

Blowing mill/knocking mill at keaglesborough. Above ngr is approximate. Documented in 1565, 1577 and in 1584 as both a blowing mill and a knocking mill (greeves).

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1021042: Keaglesborough Mine and Riddipit farmstead 850m north east of Norsworthy Bridge

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/195
• Old SAM Ref: 22382

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TIN MILL (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV235071.

Des=walkhampton manor court roll/may 1565.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV235072.

Des=b. M. Add/21605/survey of walkhampton manor.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV235073.

Des=greeves, t. /list of known devon tin mills c 1450-c 1750/(1981)no 44 (in smr). Blowing mill/knocking mill at keaglesborough. Above ngr is approximate. Documented in 1565, 1577 and in 1584 as both a blowing mill and a knocking mill (greeves).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV235074.

Des=plan(1:500)in parish file.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV235079.

Des=ancient monuments/(30/9/2003)/as above.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Not visible due to tree cover on 1946 aerial photographs.

Greeves, T. + Robinson, R., 1985, Keaglesborough Tin Mine, Walkhampton SX573701 (Plan - measured). SDV235066.

Mine surveyed at 1:500 by Greeves and Robinson (22/8/1985). Plans in possession of T. Greeves.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 157342, (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

27/06/2002 (SX 5736 7011) Stamping mill 950m north-north-east of Norsworthy Bridge forming part of Keaglesborough Mine.
A 2m wide wheelpit, with the drystone wall at the back standing up to 2.7m high. The wheelpit wall along the sides is 0.9m high. Its interior is filled with large blocks of loose rubble. The tailrace leading away from the wheelpit is up to 2.5m deep.

Newman, P., 1996, Early Tin Mills in the Newleycombe Valley, 9-10 (Article in Serial). SDV220914.

16th century documentation survives for two tin mills including a stamping and blowing mill called 'Keigells Borrowe Mylles'.

Bodman, M., 1998, Water-Powered Sites in Devon, 23, 44 (Report - non-specific). SDV305931.

Bodman sites 'Riddick tinners mill' on the River Meavy at this location.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7507 - Survey of Keaglesborough Tin Mine
• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project
• EDV8862 - Survey of archaeological sites on SWLT land in the Burrator catchment
• EDV8863 - Survey of archaeological sites on SWLT land in the Burrator catchment

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