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Alluvial tin streamwork in Lydford Woods is a scheduled ancient monument comprising evidence of medieval and post-medieval tin extraction from alluvial deposits in Devon. The site preserves physical traces of water management systems and working channels associated with tin streaming, a process by which miners exploited tin-bearing gravels and soils using controlled water flow to separate ore from waste material. Such streamwork represents an important phase in Devon's tin mining industry, which flourished particularly from the medieval period onwards as demand for tin increased. The surviving landscape features, including modified stream channels and associated spoil heaps, provide archaeological evidence of the techniques and scale of alluvial tin exploitation in this region.
Alluvial tin streamwork in Lydford Woods is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017248. View the official record →
Alluvial tin streamwork in Lydford Woods is a scheduled ancient monument comprising evidence of medieval and post-medieval tin extraction from alluvial deposits in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017248.
Alluvial tin streamwork in Lydford Woods is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1017248.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ring cairn 920m south west of Little Staple Tor (9.4 km), Tavistock Abbey (9.5 km), Inscribed stones in vicarage garden (9.6 km).
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