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HER Number:MDV57444
Name:Tinners' building in streamworks at Langcombe Brook

Summary

Rectangular tinners hut measuring 4.3m N to S by 2.8m internally with coursed boulder and block walls 0.9m wide and 0.8m high.

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/207/5
  • Old SAM Ref: 28787

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • TINNERS HUT (Built, XVIII to Mid 20th Century - 1750 AD (Between) to 1950 AD (Between))

Full description

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

(09/05/1996) SX 6025 6708 Tinners building; one of five tinners' buildings Gerrard records within the Langcombe Brook alluvial streamwork. Rectangular, 4m by 2.8m. Drystone coursed wall 0.9m high, 0.9m wide. Two large earthfast boulders utilised in circuit. Door faces 225 degrees and is situated at north-western corner.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey, 1355726 (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.
SX 6030 6702. Rectangular tinners hut measuring 4.3m N to S by 2.8m internally with coursed boulder and block walls 0.9m wide and 0.8m high.

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

Building visible on aerial photograph.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV277946Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 140553D?.
SDV350782Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J.. 2002. Plym Valley survey. English Heritage Archaeological Investigation Report. Unknown. 1355726.
SDV361462Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #139421 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV57428Related to: Structure in streamworks along Langcombe Brook (Building)
MDV57427Related to: Tinners' buildings in streamworks at Langcombe Brook (Building)
MDV57438Related to: Tinners' cache in streamworks along Langcombe Brook E (Monument)
MDV57430Related to: Tinners' hut in streamworks along Langcombe Brook (Building)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape

Date Last Edited:Oct 21 2022 3:17PM

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