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Summary

A miner's house for the use of miners and their families of Birch Tor and Vitifer Tin Mines. The building was a single-storey timber bungalow, L-shaped on plan with a probable porch on the north end. An archaeological field survey in 2001 recorded aas the only surviving remains of the building. The main building plinth measures 10 metres by 3.5 metres and the smaller section, which may include the entrance is approximately 5.3 metres by 2.8 metres. The remains were turf covered. The bungalow was extant circa 1912.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1021340: Tinworks, field systems, settlements, warren, cairns and a stone alignment at Headland Warren

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68SE314
• National Monuments Record: SX68SE315
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1338505
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1338508
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 34499

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BUNGALOW (Built, Edwardian to Early 20th Century - 1905 AD (Between) to 1912 AD (Between))
• WORKERS COTTAGE (Built, Edwardian to Early 20th Century - 1905 AD (Between) to 1912 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Not shown on early 20th century map.

Greeves, T. A. P., 1986, Tin Mines and Miners of Dartmoor, A photographic record (Monograph). SDV351363.

A bungalow lived in by miners and their families. The bungalow was photographed when still standing in circa 1912.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 22-5, map 24, Figure 24.5 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Site '8' at 'Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines'was a bungalow for miners and their families.

Newman, P., 2002, Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines (Report - Survey). SDV363213.

(12/02/2001 & 10/07/2001) SX 68278097. An earthwork terrace and stone plinth are all that remains of a single-storey, timber bungalow, occupied by miners at Birch Tor and Vitifer Tin Mine in the period leading up to World War I. The structure was roughly L shaped with a probable porch on the north end. The main building plinth is 10m by 3.5m and the smaller section, which may include the entrance is approximately 5.3m by 2.8m. The remains are now turf covered.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7139 - Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines Survey (Ref: A1/20/2001, A1/34/2002)

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