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| HER Number: | MDV116550 |
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| Name: | Tinners' building in area of streamworks along Dead Lake |
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Summary
Remains of a Medieval or later tinner's hut situated in a tinner's gully within the extensive Dedlake tin workings. An archaeological field survey in 2003 recorded a structure measuring 2.8 metres long with walls surviving to a maximum height of 1.0 metre. The south wall blocks the gully whilst the east wall is coursed into a spoil heap. A large slab forms the west wall and the entrance is on the north side.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 558 842 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Lydford |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork remains of medieval or later tin streamworking along Dead Lake
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX58SE80
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1385912
- Pastscape: 1385912
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TINNERS HUT (Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV350801.
(20/10/2003) A tinners hut constructed in a tinners gully in the extensive Dedlake abandoned tin workings. It measures 2.8 metres long with rubble walling up to 1.0 metres high and 0.5 metres thick. The south wall blocks the gully whilst the east wall is coursed into a spoil heap. A large slab forms the west wall and the entrance is on the north side.
Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.
Depicted on the modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV350801 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P.. 2003-2004. Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. 28-2004. Unknown. |
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| SDV359352 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2016. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #75882 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV131988 | Part of: Streamworking at Dead Lake (Monument) |
| MDV28090 | Related to: Streamworks on the Rattle Brook (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
- EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
- EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 15 2021 9:59AM |
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