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Summary

A single storey, gable-ended stone-built cattle shelter or linhay on the north-east of Horsey Island. The building, which is ruinous, has two doorways at the front with arched brick lintels and bull-nosed brick quoins. It has no pound attached. A number of linhays were built on the island following its enclosure in the mid 19th century. This particular linhay is one of the later examples; it is depicted on the second edition Ordnance Survey map, but not on the first edition.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS43SE/234

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LINHAY (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Whitley, N., 1861, On the Embanking and Reclaiming of the Marsh-Lands of the Manor of Heanton Punchardon, North Devon, 291-2 (Article in Serial). SDV341163.

Linhays for shade and shelter were built in such places that one linhay, with its yard in front, might be used for 2 fields. These linhays were 12 feet by 30 feet, with 2 openings 6 feet wide for the cattle to enter, and a straw loft over.

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

Buildng not shown.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Building depicted.

Turpin, J. W., 1982, Braunton Great Field and Marshes, 7 (Report - non-specific). SDV341027.

Following the reclamation of Horsey Island in 1857, it was divided into fields and a number of linhays were built to provide shade, shelter and storage.

Dennis, A. J., 1983, Braunton Marshes Linhay Survey, Linhay 1 (Archive - Survey). SDV341136.

Linhay 1. 4.0 metres high by 4.9 metres wide by 8.25 metres long. Two doorways, 1.5 metres wide with arched brick lintels. No pound attached. Ruinous.
Annotated drawing shows a gable-ended, single storey stone building with two wide doorways at the front with shallow arched brick lintels and bull-nosed brick quoins. Rough planks have been laid across the roof principals to form a hay loft.

Dennis, A. J., 1983, Linhay 1 (Ground Photograph). SDV357324.

Photo show a gable-ended, single storey stone building with two wide doorways at the front with shallow arched brick lintels and bull-nosed brick quoins. The roof covering has gone and the roof structure is deteriorating.

Manning, C., 2007, Braunton Marsh Management Study 2007, 8, 23, 28 (Report - non-specific). SDV341104.

The Marsh linhays are intrinsically associated with the traditional cattle farming of the area, and several were built following the enclosure of Horsey Island. 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 (WA 83) (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. 1328 (Report - Assessment). SDV339712.

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

Building marked.

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
• EDV6573 - Braunton Marshes Linhay Survey

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