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| HER Number: | MDV54684 |
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| Name: | Tinners hut on the right bank of Varracombe Brook |
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Summary
A tinner's hut built into a mound of upcast rubble in an area of intensive streamworks (SX 68 SW 101) on the right bank of Varracombe Brook near its confluence with the North Teign River. Orientated NW-SE, the slightly trapezoidal shaped structure measures 4.7m long by a maximum of 2.5m wide. Coursed drystone revetments, up to 0.7m high, form the SW, NW and NE walls while a bank, 1.7m wide and 1.2m high, forms the SE side. An entrance, 1.3m wide, lies centrally in the SW wall and the hut is crudely subdivided by a line of boulders. It is not clear whether the latter is an original feature.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 632 839 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68SW |
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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: SX68SW98
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 621739
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SW/146
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TINNERS HUT (Constructed, 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.
(18/01/1990) SX 63238391. A tinner's hut built into a mound of upcast rubble in an area of intensive streamworks (SX 68 SW 101) on the right bank of Varracombe Brook near its confluence with the North Teign River. Orientated NW-SE, the slightly trapezoidal shaped structure measures 4.7m long by a maximum of 2.5m wide. Coursed drystone revetments, up to 0.7m high, form the SW, NW and NE walls while a bank, 1.7m wide and 1.2m high, forms the SE side. An entrance, 1.3m wide, lies centrally in the SW wall and the hut is crudely subdivided by a line of boulders. It is not clear whether the latter is an original feature.
Two small recesses are visible: one in the N corner and the other in the centre of the NE wall.
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: #137406 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8651 - Teignhead Newtake, Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | May 10 2022 10:02AM |
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