MEM22485 - Possible post-medieval mining waste on Spooners (Non-antiquity)
Summary
Please read the Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record caveat document.
Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
As part of the Exmoor Mires Project, South West Archaeology were contracted to undertake a non intrustive walkover survey of the proposed mire restoration area on Spooners. Noted was a concentration of quartz rich stones which may represent a damaged stone setting or possibly a stone circle. [1] The Historic Environment Officer for the Exmoor Mires Project undertook a non-intrustive walkover survey of the proposed mire restoration area on Spooners, which included this site. A group of five quartz rich stones and a single slabby siltstone fragment were visible, probably representing mining waste. [2]
Sources/Archives (2)
External Links (0)
Other Statuses/References
- Local List Status (No)
- Mires Feature Reference (Monument): ESP12(10)
- Mires Feature Reference (Monument): ESP12(11)
- Mires Feature Reference (Monument): ESP12(12)
- Mires Feature Reference (Monument): ESP12(13)
- Mires Feature Reference (Monument): ESP12(14)
- Mires Feature Reference (Monument): ESP12(40)
- Mires Feature Reference (Monument): ESP12(9)
Location
Grid reference | Centred SS 7688 3716 (15m by 40m) (Surveyed) |
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Map sheet | SS73NE |
Civil Parish | EXMOOR, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
Record last edited
Mar 17 2021 2:33PM
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