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HER Number: | MDV34438 |
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Name: | Tinner's hut on south side of Pinchaford Ball, Ilsington |
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Summary
A Medieval or later tinner's hut with a possible mortar stone situated within streamworks on the south side of Pinchaford Ball. An archaeological field survey in 1999 recorded an irregular rectangular structure measuring 3 metres by 1.8 metres, with walls surviving to a maximum height of 0.3 metres. An entrance was recorded on the south side. On the floor of the building is a flat-topped, portable stone of 62cm by 45cm with seven irregularly spaced, circular indentations on the upper surface. The deepest hollow is 0.16 metres deep and the shallowest is 0.02 metres deep. The stone resembles a mortar stone.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 761 762 |
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Map Sheet: | SX77NE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Ilsington |
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District | Teignbridge |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | ILSINGTON |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthworks and stone walls of a Bronze age parallel reave system on Haytor Down with a number of hut circle settlements, enclosures and prehistoric cairns, plus 19th century Bagtor Tin Mine
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX77NE88
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1221562
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NE/201
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TINNERS HUT (Built, Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Everett, C., 1988, Haytor Down (Worksheet). SDV304118.
Small building at possible shaft workings at northern extremity of Crownley Parks. Only the north-west and south-east corners survive, the north-west stand to nearly 1 metre high, and the south-east to a maximum height of 0.3 metres. A tinner's pit lies adjacent on the south-east side, and a manor boundary stone on the north-west. Building measures 3.57 metres by 3.73 metres.
Everett, C., 1988, Haytor Down - Summary of Archaeological Features, HD 57, Map 2 (Report - Survey). SDV359684.
19th century building at Crownley Parks.
Newman, P., 1999, 2002, Haytor Down, Ilsington, Devon (Revised), 15, Figure8 (Report - Survey). SDV346395.
(09/06/1999) Centred SX 7611 7624. A probable tinners' building associated with the tin streamworks and lode works on the S side of Pinchaford Ball. The building is an irregular rectangle of 3m by 1.8m with an entrance opening on the S side. The walls are completely turf covered and are all less than 0.3m high. The structure is built over a prehistoric reave and into the edge of a shallow channel which marks the edge of a streamwork.
On the floor of the building is a flat-topped, portable stone of 62cm by 45cm with seven irregularly spaced, circular indentations on the upper surface. The deepest hollow is 16cm deep and the shallowest is 2cm. The stone resembles a mortar stone of the type found in tin stamping mills though the hollows are too unevenly spaced for it to be associated with water powered stamps. For plan see RCHME 1999.
Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.
Small rectilinear feature shown on modern mapping with the earthfast stone signified in the centre.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV304118 | Worksheet: Everett, C.. 1988. Haytor Down. |
SDV346395 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 1999, 2002. Haytor Down, Ilsington, Devon (Revised). Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. A1/2/1999. A4 Spiral Bound. 15, Figure8. |
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SDV359352 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2016. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #88338 ] |
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SDV359684 | Report - Survey: Everett, C.. 1988. Haytor Down - Summary of Archaeological Features. HD 57, Map 2. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV8082 | Related to: Bagtor Mine, Ilsington (Monument) |
MDV132910 | Related to: Crownley Parks Mine leats, Ilsington (Monument) |
MDV116747 | Related to: Crownley Parks Mine, Ilsington (Monument) |
MDV26520 | Related to: Post Medieval tinworks on Pinchford Ball (Monument) |
MDV26614 | Related to: Saddle Tor and Haytor parallel reave system (Monument) |
Associated Finds
- FDV7942 - MORTAR STONE (Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD to 1901 AD)
Associated Events
- EDV7021 - Haytor Down: Survey Report (Ref: A1/2/1999)
Date Last Edited: | May 26 2022 12:06PM |
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