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HER Number: | MDV116604 |
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Name: | Tinners' building at Dry Lake Ford |
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Summary
A medieval or later tinner's hut, cache or shepherd's hut situated on the east bank of Dry Lake within an area of streamworks. Survey in 2018 records is as a stone shelter built against an overhanging granite boulder, sited in the Upper Drylake streamworks (MDV24808). A crude, curved dry-stone wall of approximately 1.0 metre high, encloses the cavity beneath the overhanging rock, creating a space big enough, possibly, for one person to shelter. The structure is unlikely to be associated with the tinwork, neither is it an antiquity.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 634 664 |
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Map Sheet: | SX66NW |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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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: SX66NW115
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1063734
- Pastscape: 1063734
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SHEPHERDS HUT (Built, Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
- TINNERS CACHE (Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
- TINNERS HUT (Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, Map 55 (Monograph). SDV337765.
Tinners' building shown as 'T.B.' within 'Dry Lake' streamworks.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(10/11/1994) A small shelter lies on the east bank of Dry Lake at SX 63446648 in an area of streamworks. This is described as a tinners cache by Butler (1993). The shelter comprises moorstone walls built around two large earthfast boulders to the north-west and south-east. It measures 2.1 metres north to south by 0.8 metres; the walls are 0.8 metres wide and 1.1 metres high (maximum).
The shelter is one of three tinners buildings in Dry Lake (see MDV116601 and MDV116603) and may have been used by tinners or as a shepherds shelter.
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 with an opening on the east side.
Newman, P., 2018, The Upper Erme Valley, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: An Archaeological Survey, Appendix 1 (Report - Survey). SDV362921.
A stone shelter built against an overhanging granite boulder, sited in the Upper Drylake streamworks (MDV24808). A crude, curved dry-stone wall of approximately 1.0 metre high, encloses the cavity beneath the overhanging rock, creating a space big enough, possibly, for one person to shelter. The structure is unlikely to be associated with the tinwork, neither is it an antiquity.
Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms (Worksheet). SDV362781.
(10/01/2020) A small structure built of unbound stones against earth fast boulders. There appears to be nothing threatening this site; condition is very good.
Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.
Photographed 10/01/2020.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV337765 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. Map 55. |
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SDV346396 | Report - Survey: English Heritage. 2005. Industrial Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital. |
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SDV346608 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1993-1998. Dartmoor Royal Forest Project. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. Unknown. |
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SDV361913 | Cartographic: Newman, P.. 2018. Erme Valley Survey data (GIS and Excel spreadsheet). GIS ShapeFile. Digital. |
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SDV362781 | Worksheet: Various. 2018-2020. PALs Condition Recording forms. PALs Condition Assessment Project Forms. Digital. |
SDV363073 | Photograph: Various. 2018-2020. PALs Condition Recording photographs. PALs Condition Assessment Project Forms. Digital. |
Associated Monuments
MDV24808 | Related to: Dry Lake openwork, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
MDV5160 | Related to: Erme Pits Hill, Blacklane Mire, Middle Mire and Red Lake streamworks (Monument) |
MDV20838 | Related to: Tin mill close to Dry Lake Ford on the north bank of the Erme, Lydford (Building) |
MDV116601 | Related to: Tinners' building at Dry Lake, Lydford (Building) |
MDV116603 | Related to: Tinners' building at Middle Mire, Lydford (Building) |
MDV116605 | Related to: Tinners' building at Red Lake, Lydford (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8082 - Survey of the Upper Erme Valley
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
Date Last Edited: | Jan 11 2022 2:38PM |
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