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Summary

The ruins of a hut, probably associated with peat digging. It is oriented east to west and measures 2.6 metres by 1.7 metres internally with rubble and slab walling up to 0.5 metres high. there is an entrance gap in the east end.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Structural remains of a ruined peat-cutters shelter north of Quintin's Man cairn

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68SW35
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443968
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SW/62
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX68SW35

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BUILDING (Constructed, XVIII to Mid 20th Century - 1751 AD (Between) to 1950 AD (Between))

Full description

Le Messurier, B., 1975, Tinners hut (Worksheet). SDV268270.

(26/05/1975) Ruined hut, broken-down, poor. Very low. No shelter. Floor of grass. Fireplace at west end. Large stone. Peat-cutting nearby. Internal measurements 2.4 metres by 1.8 metres, walls 0.6 metres thick, 0.5 metres high.

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

SX 62158390. On ridge 22.0 metres north of Quintin's Man, are the much depleted walls of a hut. Internally it measures 1.8 metres by 2.4 metres with a fireplace at the west end. Peat cutting nearby.

Le Messurier, B., 1979, Post-Prehistoric Structures of Central North Dartmoor. A Field Survey, 66 (Article in Serial). SDV269283.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX68SW35 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV253294.

(12/09/1979) The ruins of a hut, at SX 62058412, probably associated with peat digging, are 250 metres north of Quintin's Man. It is oriented east to west and measures 2.6 metres by 1.7 metres internally with rubble and slab walling up to 0.5 metres high. there is an entrance gap in the east end.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD. See ground photograph.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 154, Map 34 (Monograph). SDV219155.

One of a group of at least seven buildings on Whitehorse Hill as far south as Quintin's Man in an area favoured by the peat cutters. These are squarish in plan and smaller than the typical tinners hut, up to 3 metres across and are sited near the hilltop rather than beside streamworks.

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

(01/08/1995) A ruined building lies some 250 metres north of Quintin's Man on the watershed ridge between Teign Head and Great Varracombe at SX 6205 8412. This sub-rectangular structure measures 2 metres north-south and 2.1 metres east-west, with walls of coursed moorstone blocks and slabs 0.6 metres wide and 0.4 metres high. A possible fallen lintel from a fireplace lies at the western end, and an entrance lies in the eastern wall.

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

(20/10/2003) This feature remains as described in 1995.

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

Building shown on survey.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• 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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