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Summary

Remains of a cattle shelter or linhay. One of a number built following the reclaimation of the marsh in the earlier 19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS43NE/173

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LINHAY (Built, XIX - 1810 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

Building shown.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Building shown.

Turpin, J. W., 1982, Braunton Great Field and Marshes, 8 (Report - non-specific). SDV341027.

Erected following reclamation of the marshes, linhays provided shelter for stock, and contribute to the character of the area.

Dennis, A. J., 1983, Braunton Marshes Linhay Survey (Archive - Survey). SDV341136.

Linhay 28. 3.5 metres high by 6.7 metres wide by 12.3 metres long. It has 2 doorways, each 4 metres wide, one of which has a wooden lintel. Condition: Fallen down. Annotated survey drawing shows a stone built gable-ended, roofless building. The upper part of one gable end is of cob.

Griffith, F. M., 1988, DAP/JL, 1-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDV18770.

Manning, C., 2007, Braunton Marsh Management Study 2007, 8, 23 (Report - non-specific). SDV341104.

The Marsh linhays are intrinsically associated with the traditional cattle farming of the area, and their construction is believed to have started almost immediately after the initial enclosure was completed. Almost all linhays appear to have been built by the time of the 1842 tithe map of Braunton Parish. Linhays are 2 storey, open-sided cattle shelters, with a talet which was used to store feed. This study has produced a photographic inventory of the current condition of the Marsh linhays, together with any known sites of linhays which have now been lost forever.

Wessex Archaeology, 2007, RMB Chivenor Flood Defence Scheme Barnstaple, Devon: Archaeological Desk-based Assessment, 10 (WA107) (Report - Assessment). SDV342125.

Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J., 2007, The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report, Survey No. 1314 (Report - Assessment). SDV339712.

Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.

Dennis, A. J., May 1983, Linhay 28 (Ground Photograph). SDV357369.

Black and white photos showing ruinous building with quite a bit of cob in the upper walls, although one gable end is built entirely of stone.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4490 - RMB Chivenor Flood Defence Scheme Barnstaple, Devon: Archaeological Desk-based Assessment

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