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| HER Number: | MDV116702 |
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| Name: | Tinners' building north-east of Hew Down |
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Summary
Remains of a Medieval or later tinner's hut situated within an area of streamworks on the right bank of the North Teign River. It measures 4.5 metres by 2.8 metres and has was surviving to a maximum height of 0.4 metres. No obvious entrance was recorded.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 641 863 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Gidleigh |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UNKNOWN |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork remains of medieval or later streamworks along the North Teign River and Hugh Lake
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX68NW69
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 903313
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TINNERS HUT (Built, 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.
(14/08/1991) SX 64188635. A crudely built tinner's hut situated in an area of extensive streamworks (SX 68 NW 51) on the right bank of the North Teign River. Constructed adjacent to a spoil heap it measures 4.5m N-S by a maximum of 2.8m. The walls consist of roughly coursed boulders and slabs up to 0.4m high. There is no obvious entrance and no identifiable features. None of the stones exhibit drill-splitting evidence. (See RCHME survey 'Shovel Down' at 1:2500 scale).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV350839 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. S. Probert. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV27702 | Related to: Streamworks along the North Teign River and Hugh Lake (Monument) |
| MDV76765 | Related to: Tinner's building north-east of Hew Down (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 21 2022 3:24PM |
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