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HER Number:MDV57429
Name:Building within the Langcombe Brook alluvial streamwork

Summary

Streamwork; tinners' buildings. Rectangular structure, measuring 4.4m by 2.7m. Orthostatic wall 1.3m wide, 0.9m high. Inserted into waste dump. Coursed masonry revets sides of pit within a tye. Door faces 60 degrees.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 602 670
Map Sheet:SX66NW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishShaugh Prior
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishSHAUGH PRIOR

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX66NW169
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 1355726
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NW/207/2
  • Old SAM Ref: 28787

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • TINNERS HUT (Built, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140553a (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(09/05/1996) Five tinners' buildings within the Langcombe Brook alluvial streamwork.
SX 6026 6704 Rectangular, measures 4.4m by 2.7m. Orthostatic wall 1.3m wide, 0.9m high. Streamwork; tinners' buildings. Inserted into waste dump. Coursed masonry revets sides of pit within a tye. Door faces 60 degrees.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 295-6/102.1082. (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

Centred SX 60306704. Two tinners huts and two other, more recent, structures within the streamworking remains on the right bank of the Langcombe Brook.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on the aerial photography.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV143510Report - non-specific: Thackray, C.. 1994. The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape. 295-6/102.1082..
SDV277946Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 140553a.
SDV350782Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J.. 2002. Plym Valley survey. English Heritage Archaeological Investigation Report. Unknown.
SDV361462Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #139415 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV57427Related to: Tinners' buildings in streamworks at Langcombe Brook (Building)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
  • EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

Date Last Edited:Oct 21 2022 4:00PM