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Summary

Remains of a tinner's hut of 5 metres by 3.4 metres with walls up to 0.3 metres high on the north bank of Cut Combe Water 375 metres south of Little Kneeset

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork remains of medieval or later streamworking and tinners' hut at Furtor Ford

Other References/Statuses

• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440655
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SE/37
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX58SE27

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Le Messurier, B., 1979, Post-Prehistoric Structures of Central North Dartmoor. A Field Survey, 70 (Article in Serial). SDV269283.

Visited on 22nd July 1975. At SX 58608375. A hut, now simply a heap of stones, 9.0 m from the bank of Cut Combe Water. Internal measurements 2.1 m by 3.6 m.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX58SE27, SX58SE27, photograph (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV268714.

(02/10/1979) SX 58588374. In an area of tin streaming are the remains of a rectangular building, 5.0 m by 3.4 m overall, with walling approximately 1.2 m wide and 0.3 m high. There is no obvious entrance. It is probably a tinner's hut associated with the tin streaming nearby (extent shown on 1:10 000 map).
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD. See ground photograph.

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

Not visible on Royal Air Force verticals.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 110, Map 33, Site 8 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Tinners' hut '8' of circa 2.0 metres by 3.0 metres on the north side of Cut Combe Water.

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

(28/07/1995) SX 58588374. A ruined building on the hillside above a small area of streamworking remains (Monument HOB UID 1063510) on the right bank of Cut Combe Water, 375m south of Little Kneeset. The feature is described in 1979. No internal details are visible. Though streamworking remains lie adjacent to the site it would seem likely that it and its near neighbour (Monument HOB UID 440608) are associated with shepherding rather than tinning. Neither building lies within the streamworks as is more typical with tinners huts and Monument HOB UID 440608 appears to be of relatively recent origin. The positioning of these huts is however probably conditioned by the nearby streamworks, a ready source of portable stone.

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

(19/08/2003) This feature remains as described in 1995.

English Heritage, 2005, Survey Information (miscellaneous date) (Report - Survey). SDV345855.

Rectangular building shown on survey.

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

Ruins visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.

'Tinners Hut (Remains of)' shown on modern mapping.

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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