MEM22464 - Post-medieval mineral exploration work on Spooners (Monument)

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 linear mineral exploration trench c. 13 metres long, with an upcast bank 2 metres wide and 0.8 metres high, and a trench 1.5 metres wide and 0.6 metres deep. [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 linear excavation was seen measuring c. 13 metres in length and up to 1.5 metres in width, it was 0.8 metres deep. This is considered likely to represent a mining or prospecting work. [2]