Earthwork Mound

United Kingdom / England / Saint Just /
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Earthwork remains of a large mound measuring 75 metres southwest-northeast and 25 metres northwest-southeast with a maximum height of 2.0m. It is almost certainly the result of Medieval or later tin streaming in the vicinity. The low lying fields in this area are uneven suggesting that much gravel has been removed for the extraction of its tin. A large waterlogged hollow immediately southeast of the mound would account for much of its material.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmoor_tin-mining#Streaming
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Coordinates:   50°5'34"N   5°37'55"W
This article was last modified 14 years ago