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| HER Number: | MDV20849 |
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| Name: | Mouldstone found 30m south of Challacome Farm |
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Summary
A granite mouldstone used for tin casting. The stone measures 1.05 metres long, 0.72 metres wide and 0.42 metres deep. The stone is thought to date to the medieval or early post medieval periods.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 693 794 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Manaton |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MANATON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67NE100
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 915332
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/120
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FINDSPOT (Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV291735.
Des=greeves, t. /an assessment of dartmoor tin working/(1990)43/in smr. Challacombe blowing mill. Blowing mill (undocumented).
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments, 72, 73 (Cartographic). SDV359954.
Tithe Apportionment 72; 'Smithy Mead', plot 73; 'Long Smithy'.
Greeves, T. A. P., 1981, List of Known Devon Tin Mills c1450 - c1750, No 17 (Report - non-specific). SDV319826.
Mouldstone. This is a piece of ground known as Mill Ware. Tithe map field names Smithy Mead and Long Smithy Mead. Possible mill sites at SX 69307936 and SX 69227915. Field evidence (see SX67NE/95 (Linehan) for possible site of blowing mill).
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not visible on 1980 NMR aerial photograph.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, P. Pattison (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(01/03/1990) SX 6931 7940. Tin mouldstone on the E side of a track 30m S of Challacombe Farm.
The stone, found by T Greeves (1981) is a large, shaped granite block 1.05m long, 0.72m wide and 0.42m deep. In the upper face is cut a rectangular mould; a recess 0.4m long, 0.28m wide and 0.14m deep with sloping sides.
This stone is not in situ. It was made for casting tin ingots in a tin mill of Medieval or early Post-Medieval date, possibly the site SX 67 NE 99, situated 300m to the SW.
Surveyed at 1:2500, plan with SX 67 NE 111. (See SX 67 NE 115 for streamworking in this valley.)
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV291735 | Migrated Record: |
| 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 17. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV350839 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. P. Pattison. [Mapped feature: #135199 ] |
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| SDV359954 | Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. 72, 73. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds
- FDV7743 - MOULD (Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD to 1901 AD)
Associated Events
- EDV8658 - Challacombe, Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 31 2022 1:32PM |
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