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Summary

Single-storey stone building with two dooorways at the front and a hipped roof now covered in corrugated iron, but formerly thatched. Attached to the front of the building is a stone-walled lean-to. The floor level of the building has eroded and is liable to flooding.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS43SE/243

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LINHAY (Built, XIX - 1840 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

Building not shown.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Building shown.

Turpin, J. W., 1982, Braunton Great Field and Marshes, 8 (Report - non-specific). SDV341027.

Erected following reclamation of the marshes, linhays provided shelter for stock, and contribute to the character of the area.

Dennis, A. J., 1983, Braunton Marshes Linhay Survey (Archive - Survey). SDV341136.

Linhay 21. Annotated survey drawing indicates a stone-walled single storey building with two doorways with a lean-to extension infront. The hipped roof was originally thatched but is now covered with corrugated iron in an advanced stage of erosion. The building has a mud floor eroded to a depth of about 500 millimetres below ground level which is flooded during periods of rain. The lintels over the doorways appear to have been ships timbers.

Manning, C., 2007, Braunton Marsh Management Study 2007, 8, 23 (Report - non-specific). SDV341104.

The Marsh linhays are intrinsically associated with the traditional cattle farming of the area, and their construction is believed to have started almost immediately after the initial enclosure was completed. Almost all linhays appear to have been built by the time of the 1842 tithe map of Braunton Parish. Linhays are 2 storey, open-sided cattle shelters, with a talet which was used to store feed. This study has produced a photographic inventory of the current condition of the Marsh linhays, together with any known sites of linhays which have now been lost forever.

Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J., 2007, The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report, No. 1282 (Report - Assessment). SDV339712.

Linhay 21. No plan - flooded at time of survey (1983).

Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.

Dennis, A. J., May 1983, Linhay 20 (Ground Photograph). SDV357359.

Photos show a single storey stone building with a hipped roof covered in corrugated iron. The building has two doorways and in front is a stone-walled lean-to, open at one end, with an entranceway at the other. The building was flooded at the time of the site visit.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6573 - Braunton Marshes Linhay Survey

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