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| HER Number: | MDV52759 |
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| Name: | Tinners building on the right bank of Blackaven Brook |
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Summary
Remains of a post Medieval tinner's hut situated within an area of streamworks on the right bank of Blackaven Brook. The structure is rectangular in plan measuring 4 metres by 2-3 metres internally with walls surviving to an maximum height of 0.90 metres. A gap in the north-east corner may represent an entrance.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 596 902 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX59SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX59SE39
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 895487
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX59SE/167
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TINNERS HUT (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(15/06/1993) SX 59629028. A ruinous tinners hut on the right bank of the Blackaven Brook 40m south of New Bridge (SX 59 SE 19).
The rectangular hut is revetted into the eastern edge of an area of streamworking debris (SX 59 SE 29) and measures 4.0m north to south by 2.3m internally. The walls are of randomly coursed boulders which form revetments up to 0.9m high in the tinners waste. The western wall is absent and the interior is largely obscured by rubble. An irregular gap in the north eastern corner may mark the site of a former entrance.
Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV350801.
(26/01/2004) This feature remains as described in 1993.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV346608 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1993-1998. Dartmoor Royal Forest Project. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. Unknown. |
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| SDV350801 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P.. 2003-2004. Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. 28-2004. Unknown. [Mapped feature: #132260 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7620 - Okehampton Artillary Range
- EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
- EDV7368 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy
- EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
- EDV8695 - North Dartmoor Military Range English Heritage Project
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 6 2021 4:05PM |
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