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Summary

A tinners cache consisting of 3 cover-stones resting on side-stones carefully set in the ground' (rchme, citing hemery). Vis=14/8/1991 (rchme) it lies on the w fringe of extensive streamworking remains flanking the w arm of the stonetor brook. Comprising a crudely built open-ended channel it measures 2.8m ne-sw by 0.65m wide and 0.55m deep. Two of the original 3 capstones remain in situ; the middle one has been pushed to one side to expose the interior (probert).

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork remains of medieval or later streamworks on the northern side of Stonetor Hill

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68NW63
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443778
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NW/139

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TINNERS CACHE (Constructed, Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Hemery, E., 1983, High Dartmoor, 773 (Monograph). SDV249702.

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

(14/08/1991) SX 64738590. A tinners cache ' consisting of three cover-stones resting on side-stones carefully set in the ground' (Hemery, 1983, 773).
It lies on the W fringe of extensive streamworking remains (Monument HOB UID 903310) flanking the west arm of the Stonetor Brook. Comprising a crudely built open-ended channel it measures 2.8m NE-SW by 0.65m wide and 0.55m deep. Two of the original three capstones remain in situ; the middle one has been pushed to one side to expose the interior.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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