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Summary

Scant remains of a probable tinner's hut, measuring 6.3 by 2.3 metres internally. In an area of streamworking.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NW125
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442857
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/234

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TINNERS HUT (Built, Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX67NW125 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV221622.

(24/04/1980) SX 60417808. On a steep E slope within a small tin-streaming area is the scant remains of a probable tinner's hut. The building measures 6.3m by 2.3m internally, and is subdivided. The coursed walling of large stone is 0.7m thick, and up to 0.7m high in part (see ground photograph), with a central entrance on the SW side. Found during field investigation.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD. Streaming area shown on AO 6".

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Not recorded by RCHM APP 1985 project.

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

(20/07/1989) At SX 60417808. Set in 1.2ha of deep streamworking channels (SX 67 NW 254) on a steep SE moorland slope is a rectangular tinner's hut. It measures 5.4m NW-SE and 2.3m NE-SW, internally. The crude boulder walls are at maximum, 0.8m high and 0.8m wide. The NE wall appears to be cut into a pile of tinworking debris to a depth of 0.5m. Two upright granite slabs 0.4m high divide the building into two rooms, 2.3m by 2.3m at the NW end and 3.1 by 2.3m in the SE. Access is gained to the SE room via a central entrance in the SW wall. The NW room is partially filled by collapsed wall material and there is a possible fireplace in the NW wall partly concealed by debris.

Newman, P., 2004, Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV346874.

(10/08/2004) As described in 1989. Condition is stable.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
• EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
• EDV8643 - Beardown Farm, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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