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Summary

Remains of a possible post medieval tinner's hut situated within an area of tinworks and openwork. It was recorded during an archaeological field survey in 1992 and comprises a rectangular stance cut into a southwest facing slope. The structure measures about 7 metres long, 4 metres wide and is enclosed by a turf-covered stony bank, possibly a wall, up to 0.6 metres high and 0.5 metres wide. Two narrow gaps appear in the downhill side but the position of the entrance is not obvious.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68SE291
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 919037
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/362

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TINNERS HUT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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

(10/12/1992) A rectangular stance, probably the remains of a building, has been cut into a south-west facing slope in heather-covered moorland. It measures c.7m north-south by 4m and is enclosed by a turf-covered stony bank, possibly a wall, up to 0.6m high and 0.5m thick. Two narrow gaps appear in the downhill side but the position of the entrance is not obvious.
It lies within an area of tin pits and openwork and may be the remains of a post-medieval tinners structure. There is no apparent associated enclosure or field walling.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8317 - Statts Brook Survey (Ref: 832644)
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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