Industrial Archaeology

Blowing Mill at Outer Down

Remains of a tin mill powered by water on the open moor, a relic of Dartmoor's mining heritage.

Blowing mill near Merrivale Bridge

Scheduled Monument combining a blowing mill and vermin trap, likely medieval or early modern, northeast of Merrivale Bridge.

Blowing mill near Teignhead Farm

Remains of a blowing mill, a Scheduled Monument south east of Teignhead Farm on Dartmoor.

Bovey Pottery Leat

A water channel engineered to power Dartmoor's pottery industry, now a quiet monument to medieval industrial enterprise.

Brimpts Mine (Shaft)

A stark mining shaft among Dartmoor's moorland, testament to the industrial past hidden beneath the granite landscape.

Brimpts Mine near Outer Huccaby Ring

Bronze Age settlements and tin mining remains on the high moor, with evidence of ancient field systems.

Cartridge and Press Rooms

Powder Mills

Industrial ruins nestled on Dartmoor where gunpowder was manufactured and pressed during the 19th century.

Charcoal / Saltpetre Works

Powder Mills

Weathered stone foundations where Dartmoor's trees once fed furnaces for wartime gunpowder production.

Druid Mine Engine House

Ruined engine house from Dartmoor's tin-mining past, standing solitary on the open moor.