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| HER Number: | MDV54360 |
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| Name: | Tinners hut in streamworks along Nuns Cross Brook |
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Summary
A Medieval or later two-roomed tinner's hut situated within an area of tin-streaming debris on the flood plain of Nuns Cross Brook. An archaeological field survey in 1989 recorded the hut, apparently cut into a heap of tin-streaming debris with the wall forming a revetment 0.9m high. The other walls survived as a single course of large upright slabs and boulders 1 metre wide and 0.6 metre high. An entrance in the north wall leads to a small porch which is divided from the main room by a short stub wall. A narrow opening in this wall leads to the main room. The floor of the building is obscured by debris and no internal features were visible.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 610 699 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66NW |
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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
- SHINE: Earthwork remains of medieval or later streamworks on the tributary streams of the Nun's Cross Brook, tinners pits, openworks and buildings
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66NW67
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 619475
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NW/199
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TINNERS HUT (Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(06/08/1988) SX 61056998. A two-roomed tinners hut situated in 9 ha of tin-streaming debris on the flood plain of Nuns Cross Brook. The hut, orientated N-S, is apparently cut into a heap of tin-streaming debris with the W wall forming a revetment 0.9m high. The other walls remain as one course of large upright slabs and boulders 1.0m wide and 0.6m high. An entrance, 0.7m wide, in the N wall leads to a small porch 2.1m E-W by 1.3m N-S, which is divided from the main room by a short stub wall. A narrow opening in this wall leads to the main room, 3.5m N-S by 2.1m E-W. The floor of this building is obscured by debris and no internal features are visible.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV350839 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. S. Probert. [Mapped feature: #135016 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8630 - Fox Tor Newtake Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 14 2022 9:24AM |
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