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Summary

A small, crudely built stone-walled shelter, built against an earlier tinwork revetment within the streamwork remains of Upper Drylake (MDV24808). The internal dimensions are 2.2 metres by 1.3 metres and the walls are built from piled stone to a maximum height of 0.7 metres. The walls were built directly onto an existing turf floor and no vegetation has yet become established between the stones, suggesting this an unlikely tinner’s hut, and was probably built much more recently.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Structural and earthwork remains of Medieval or later tin streamworks on the River Erme and its tributaries, Blacklane Brook, Dry Lake and Red Lake, as well as blowing houses and tinners buildings and possible prehistoric enclosures at Wollake

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66NW89
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1063621
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) TINNERS HUT? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)
• SHELTER (Built, Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

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

(10/12/1994) SX 63511 66891. A ruinous tinner's hut lies within an area of streamworking remains on the left bank of Dry Lake near the northern edge of Middle Mire. The small single-roomed structure is constructed of coursed boulder walls 1 metre wide and 1 metre high and measures 2.2 metres east to west by 1.7 metres. A possible entrance lies centrally in the south wall.

English Heritage, 2005, Industrial Survey Information (Report - Survey). SDV346396.

Depicted on the digital map layer.

Newman, P., 2018, Erme Valley Survey data (GIS and Excel spreadsheet) (Cartographic). SDV361913.

Building shown on survey.

Newman, P., 2018, The Upper Erme Valley, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: An Archaeological Survey, Appendix 1 (Report - Survey). SDV362921.

A small, crudely built stone-walled shelter, built against an earlier tinwork revetment within the streamwork remains of Upper Drylake (MDV24808). The internal dimensions are 2.2 metres by 1.3 metres and the walls are built from piled stone to a maximum height of 0.7 metres. The walls were built directly onto an existing turf floor and no vegetation has yet become established between the stones, suggesting this is an unlikely tinner’s hut, and was probably built much more recently.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(10/01/2020) Site is in very good condition; no current treats.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photographed 10/01/2020.

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

Small rectangular building shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8082 - Survey of the Upper Erme Valley
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

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