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Summary

Engine wheel at blowing house north-east of Shillapark.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1016148: A prehistoric and historic archaeological landscape within Merrivale Newtake

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/7/3
• Old SAM County Ref: 790

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• WHEEL PIT (Early Medieval to XVIII - 1066 AD to 1800 AD?)

Full description

Ancient Monuments, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV255311.

Vis=14/4/1970 (ancient monuments) wheel.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV255313.

Worth, r. H. /tda/63(1931)365 fig.5 pl. Xxii, fig.7/blowing houses in the valley of the walkham.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV255314.

Worth, r. H. /tda/72(1940)228/the dartmoor blowing house.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV255315.

Burnard, r. /tpi/11(1891)103-4/antiquity of mining on dartmoor.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV255316.

Osa=sx57ne21/plan,photos. Engine wheel at blowing house ne of shillapark. Ordanance Survey 6 inch sheet cvi ne.

Newman, P., 1995, Field Survey in the Walkham Valley, 4-5 (Article in Serial). SDV275799.

Clearly defined wheelpit survives.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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