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Summary

Remains of a rectangular building sited within an area of tin streamworking on the east side of the Brim Brook, oriented north-east by south-west. The internal dimensions are 8.6 metres by 3.5 metres with walls 0.6 metres wide by 0.6 metres high. A fireplace recess measuring 1.3 metres wide by 0.9 metres deep is sited in the north-east wall

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1018928: An alluvial tin streamwork adjacent to the Brim Brook including the remians of three tinner's huts
• SHINE: Well preserved remains of medieval or later tin streamworking at Brim Brook, Kneeset Nose and Vergyland Combe, including structural remains of tinners' huts

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX58NE14
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440492
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58NE/28
• Old SAM Ref: 28731

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TINNERS HUT (Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Le Messurier, B., 1975, Building (Worksheet). SDV269280.

Site visited on 8th April 1975. A large rectangular ruin. The walls are of dry stone, well-laid. But they are low, and much stone must have fallen in. There is a fireplace at the northend. The door was probably at the west side. Possible leat. There are tin streaming remains in the vicinity.

Le Messurier, B., 1978-1979, Post-Prehistoric Structures in Central North Dartmoor: A Field Survey (Un-published). SDV269282.

Le Messurier, B., 1979, Post-Prehistoric Structures of Central North Dartmoor. A Field Survey, 71 (Article in Serial). SDV269283.

SX 58858730. A large ruin, 3.5m by 8.5m internally on the left bank of Brim Brook. The walls are 0.67m thick and neatly laid, but they are low and denuded, if the hut was completed. There is a recessed fireplace 1.3m wide at the north end. It may be a building associated with Wheal Providence a tin mine for which a licence was granted by the Duchy of Cornwall in 1836 for a twelve month period.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX58NE14 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV266827.

(02/10/1979) SX 58858731. Situated on the southern edge of an area of tin-streaming is the remains of the building, as described by Le Messurier. It is in fair condition. (See plan. Extent of tin-streaming shown on 1:10 000; see also sketch plan at 1:100). See ground photograph.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD and at 1:100.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Not visible on 1946 photographs.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152081 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(15/03/1999) The southern of three tinners' buildings within the Brim Brook alluvial streamwork.Hut 8.6 metres by 3.5 metres. Mortared wall. Larger than normal tinners' building with finely coursed walls up to four courses high. Stones from the wall have been spread fairly evenly within the building. There is a fire-place at the north end which measures 1.32 metres wide by 0.75 metres deep. Cut into earlier streamwork and maybe of 19th century date.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 216, Map 42, Site 'TH4' (Monograph). SDV219155.

Tinners' hut 'TH4' of circa 9.0 metres by 4.0 metres with a recess for a fireplace. The walls have been reduced to their foundations and the stones scattered over the interior.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.

(31/03/1994) SX 5887 8733. The remains of a rectangular building sited within an area of tin streamworking on the east side of the Brim Brook, oriented north-east by south-west. The internal dimensions are 8.6 by 3.5m. The walls are well built of moorstone and are 0.6m thick standing to a maximum height of 0.6m, although the west wall is now collapsed to ground level. A fireplace recess measuring 1.3m wide by 0.9m deep is sited in the north-east wall. The interior of the building is strewn with tumbled masonry and the south-west corner has signs of recent disturbance. The position of the entrance is not clear.

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV350801.

(20/03/2004) As described in 1994. The remains are likely to represent the stone foundations for a timber structure and probably did not stand any higher than at present. In stable condition.

National Monuments Record, 2012, 440492 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV349933.

A possible Medieval or later tinner's hut associated with Brim Brook streamworks. Archaeological field surveys in 1994 and 2004 found it to be one of three such buildings along the Brim Brook section of steamworks. The building is situated on the east side of the Brim Brook. It is rectangular on plan, orientated north-east to south-west and has internal dimensions of 8.6 metres by 3.5 metres. The walls are well built of moorstone and are 0.6 metres thick standing to a maximum height of 0.6 metres. A fireplace recess measuring 1.3 metres wide by 0.9 metres deep is situated in the north-east wall. The position of the entrance is not clear.

Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.

'Tinner's Hut (remains of)' shown as a small rectangular building on modern mapping.

English Heritage, 2012, National Heritage List for England, 1018928 (National Heritage List for England). SDV348729.

The monument includes an alluvial tin streamwork situated adjacent to the Brim Brook. Within the streamwork there are three rectangular buildings used by the tinners for shelter and storage. All of these buildings have been cut into earlier waste dumps. The southern building is much larger than the others, with internal dimensions of 8.6 metres long by 3.5 metres wide.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7620 - Okehampton Artillary Range
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
• EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range

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