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Summary

The remains of a single-roomed tinners hut. The structure has coursed boulder walls measuring 0.9 metres high and 0.8 metres thick bounding an area of 4.9 by 1.7 metres.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork remains of medieval or later streamworks along the North Teign River and Hugh Lake

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68NW70
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 903316

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TINNERS HUT (Constructed, Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(15/08/1991) SX 64218639. A single-roomed tinner's hut built into a spoil heap in an extensive area of streamworks (SX 68 NW 51) on the right bank of the North Teign River. The coursed boulder walls, a maximum of 0.9m high and about 0.8m thick, enclose an area 4.9m N-S by 1.7m. There is no obvious entrance and no identifiable internal features. None of the stones exhibit drill-splitting evidence. (See RCHME survey 'Shovel Down' at 1:2500 scale).

Greeves, T. A. P., 2006, Site visit to tinner's building (Worksheet). SDV344538.

Recording of a small tinner's building sited among streamworks, set back from the east bank of the North Teign River. The structure measures approximately 5 by 2 meters internally.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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