Tag: LiDAR

  • Metheral Hill Contour Leat

    Metheral Hill Contour Leat

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    Murray Oates
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    Discovered by myself but jointly investigated with Stephen Holley in late 2024. The leat comes off the Small Brook and would have flowed east to west following the contour for about 770 m. It’s about 1.2 m (4 feet) wide and in places (guessing) the leat bank is 1.2 m wide and about 0.5 m…

  • Tinners on Dartmoor

    Tinners on Dartmoor

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    Murray Oates
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    Above are photos show examples of: various tinners’ remains, including “streamworks”, “openworks”, “lodeback workings”. Associated with streamworks are buildings called “tinners’ huts” (also called “lodges”). To crush the ore “stamps” were used. The stamps smashed the tin ore on “mortar” stones, creating a fine ore powder. This was processed, in “buddles”, to separate off the…