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Alluvial tin streamwork in Lydford Woods is a series of medieval and post-medieval tin extraction features located in Devon. The site comprises evidence of alluvial tin mining operations where tinners exploited the stream deposits and surrounding gravels, employing techniques of streaming and panning to extract tin ore from the landscape. These workings date primarily to the medieval period and represent the intensive exploitation of Devon's tin resources during the height of the tin industry in the southwest. The physical remains include disturbed ground, stream channels, and deposits characteristic of alluvial tin working practices that transformed the woodland landscape over centuries of exploitation.
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 series of medieval and post-medieval tin extraction features located 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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