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| HER Number: | MDV13187 |
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| Name: | Tinners building built against enclosure, east of Huntingdon Cross, Dean Prior |
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Summary
The remains of a medieval building. It measures 5.1 metres by 2.8 metres internally and the drystone rubble walls are 0.7m to 1.1m wide and up to 1.2m high. There is an east facing entrance at the south east angle. It overlies the remains of a hut circle platform of 6.5 metres diameter which may have been adapted to serve as a yard.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 667 661 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dean Prior |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | DEAN PRIOR |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66NE55
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 441509
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/110
- Old SAM County Ref: DV466
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BUILDING (Constructed, Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))
Full description
National Monuments Record, NMR SX6666, 9 (Aerial Photograph). SDV151758.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX66NE35, SX66NE35 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV151755.
'Small court' recorded attached to enclosure.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX66NE55 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV345929.
(07/07/1977) SX 66726612. A deserted Medieval building lies on a steep, well drained south west facing slope at 370m above OD. It is built onto the outside of, and utilises the lower wall of a Bronze Age enclosure (SX 66 NE 35).
The building measures 5.1m by 2.8m internally and the drystone rubble walls are 0.7m to 1.1m wide and up to 1.2m high. There is an east facing entrance at the south east angle. It overlies the remains of a hut circle platform, diameter 6.5m on the west, which may have been adapted to serve as a yard. Discovered during field investigation.
1:10 000 Survey revised on PFD.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 156, Map 57, Figure 57.23 (Monograph). SDV337765.
'Tinners building' adjoining Hut Circle '4' at 'Biller's Pound' of 5.5 metres by 3.5 metres with an interior cross wall.
Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV151755 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950. SX66NE35. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. SX66NE35. |
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| SDV151758 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. NMR SX6666. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. 9. |
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| 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. 156, Map 57, Figure 57.23. |
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| SDV345929 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX66NE55. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV363413 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV129282 | Related to: Building on the west side of enclosure east of Huntingdon Cross, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV5189 | Related to: Enclosure to the east of Huntingdon Cross, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV5188 | Related to: Hut circle settlement east of Huntingdon Cross, Dean Prior (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 21 2021 3:13PM |
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