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| HER Number: | MDV57353 |
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| Name: | PLATFORM in the Parish of Walkhampton |
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Summary
Vis=-/10/1996 (gerrard) immediately upslope of the right bank mill building is a flat platform defined on the n side by a 1.2m high drystone revetment. It has been cut into the hillside and is connected to a clearly defined trackway which leads out of the valley bottom. This platform would have been used to dump the mined ore prior to its being fed down a shute into the stamping machinery within the mill the trackway leading to this platform would have been constructed to allow access to the ore dump and it is interesting to note that it leads towards the larger of the tinworks on blacktor. The e of the platform the clearly defined earthwork of the leat leading to the mill can be traced leading for 46m towards the river meavy (gerrard).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 574 716 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Walkhampton |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WALKHAMPTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/125/4
Monument Type(s) and Dates
Full description
Gerrard, S., 1997, Black Tor Falls Tin Mills, 16 (Article in Serial). SDV360976.
Vis=-/10/1996 (gerrard) immediately upslope of the right bank mill building is a flat platform defined on the n side by a 1.2m high drystone revetment. It has been cut into the hillside and is connected to a clearly defined trackway which leads out of the valley bottom. This platform would have been used to dump the mined ore prior to its being fed down a shute into the stamping machinery within the mill the trackway leading to this platform would have been constructed to allow access to the ore dump and it is interesting to note that it leads towards the larger of the tinworks on blacktor. The e of the platform the clearly defined earthwork of the leat leading to the mill can be traced leading for 46m towards the river meavy (gerrard).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV360976 | Article in Serial: Gerrard, S.. 1997. Black Tor Falls Tin Mills. Meavy Valley Archaeology. 3. Photocopy + Digital. 16. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV5020 | Related to: Northern stamping mill at Black Tor Falls (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7517 - Survey of Har Tor tin works
- EDV7522 - Survey of Black Tor
- EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 30 2021 1:25PM |
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