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Summary

Possible site of a medieval or later tinner's hut had been recorded on the western bank of Spriddle Lake stream by Butler in 1991. However, an archaeological field survey in 1994 located no traces of the tinner's hut. A tinner's hut was located 50 metres to the south (see Monument HOB UID 1064772).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57NE84
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1064779

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• NATURAL FEATURE (Unknown date)
• (Former Type) TINNERS HUT (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 127, Map 30 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Building depicted by Butler.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.

(21/09/1994) Spoil heaps of tin-streaming waste occur in the area around NGR SX 57667967. No trace of a building depicted by Butler (1) could be found. A ruined tinners hut lies by the confluence of Spridle Lake and a small stream some 50m to the south (Monument HOB UID 1064772).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
• EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey

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