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Summary

A single-roomed rectangular tinners' building or lodge, built into a hollow at the top of the south-facing scarp of the tinworks on the north side of the River Plym. The coursed granite walls have a maximum height of 0.95m and are 0.75m thick. The internal dimensions are 3.3m by 2.2m, and there is an entrance opening on the SE corner. Much tumbled masonry lies within the interior. A fireplace recess is visible in the northern wall with a fallen lintel lying within the tumble of the interior.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019876: Prehistoric settlement, three round cairns and a post-medieval rabbit warren at Legis Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE155
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 438935
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/567
• Old SAM Ref: 22289

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TINNERS HUT (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Haynes, R. G., 1960, Warrens of Dartmoor (Un-published). SDV355679.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX56NE155 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV254319.

(13/02/1979) In a river cliff on the north bank of the River Plym at 249.0m O.D. is a tinner's hut. It comprises a rectangular building measuring 7.0m by 4.2m internally with drystone walling 0.7m thick and 1.0m high. It lies in an area of extensive tin streaming.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on P.F.D.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130862 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

22/02/1993 Tinners' building terraced into the south-facing scarp of the River Plym on the southern slopes of Legis Tor. It is a single-roomed structure and is defined by 1.2m wide and 1m high coursed walling. The interior of the building measures 3m long by 1.5m wide and a recess in the n wall represents a fire-place, whose lintel has collapsed into the room. A clearly defined doorway survives in the southern wall.
This structure is considered to be a tinners' building because of its proximity to a large alluvial streamwork.

Probert, S., 2005, Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV363484.

(07/02/2005) SX 5686 6517. A crude, single-roomed structure built into a hollow on the edge of the extensive streamworking remains flanking the River Plym. The walls are largely overgrown and in a state of collapse. A entrance lies in the southern end.

Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Ringmoor Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361636.

Newman, P., 2022, Ringmoor Down Premier Archaeological Landscape Dartmoor National Park, Devon. A new survey, Table 1 (Report - Survey). SDV365490.

A tinners' building or lodge built into a cutting of the tinwork scarp north of the River Plym.
SX 56860 65170. A single-roomed rectangular tinners' building or lodge, built into a hollow at the top of the south-facing scarp of the tinworks on the north side of the River Plym. The coursed granite walls have a maximum height of 0.95m and are 0.75m thick. The internal dimensions are 3.3m by 2.2m, and there is an entrance opening on the SE corner. Much tumbled masonry lies within the interior. A fireplace recess is visible in the northern wall with a fallen lintel lying within the tumble of the interior.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7443 - Condition survey of archaeological sites in Ringmoor Training Area
• EDV7569 - Condition survey of Ringmoor Down training area
• EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8917 - Survey of the archaeological features on Ringmoor Down

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