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| HER Number: | MDV5696 |
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| Name: | Tinners' hut at Glazebrook, Ugborough |
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Summary
Ruined tinners' hut at Glazebrook, near Glazemeet about 18.3 metres upstream from the blowing house. Remains of small building set in streamworks of 3.7 metres by 2 metres. The north and west sides have tumbled stone walls but the east side consists of coursed granite blocks 1.5 metres high by 0.4 metres wide. An entrance on south side. A mature tree on the north-east corner of building could cause more damage.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 668 603 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Ugborough |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UGBOROUGH |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Structural remains of a tinners hut at Glaze Meet
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/28/1
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TINNERS HUT (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Crossing, W., 1912 (1965), Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor, 390 (Monograph). SDV320981.
Tinners' hut at Glazebrook, near Glazemeet. In ruined condition about 18.3 metres upstream from the blowing house. Rear narrow wall set against a bank in the rising side of the river valley. Doorway is in the narrow side facing the blowing house.
Riley, H., 2021, Archaeological Survey: Ugborough Premier Archaeological Landscape, Harford and Ugborough, 17, 7.4 (Report - Survey). SDV364697.
Tinworking at Glaze Meet.
Riley, H., 2021, UG21 heritage asset database and gazetteer of sites (Report - Survey). SDV364699.
Visited on 15th April 2021, surveyed and photographed. Tinner's hut at Glaze Meet: remains of small building set in streamworks, 3.7 metres north to south, 2 metres east to west, north and west sides tumbled stone walls, east side coursed granite blocks, 1.5 metres high, 0.4 metres wide, entrance on south side. A mature tree on north-east corner of building.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV320981 | Monograph: Crossing, W.. 1912 (1965). Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor. Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor. Hardback Volume. 390. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV5695 | Related to: Blowing and stamping tin mill at Glazebrook near Glazemeet, Ugborough (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8770 - Archaeological Survey: Ugborough Premier Archaeological Lanscape, Harford and Ugborough
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 11 2022 11:23AM |
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