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| HER Number: | MDV8268 |
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| Name: | Ash House at deserted site north-west of Linscott |
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Summary
Yelworthy or Yalworthy Ash house. Probably 18th century. Granite rubble walls with corbelled granite roof. Circular plan with loading hatch on south-east side and doorway on opposite wall.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 733 878 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX78NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Moretonhampstead |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MORETONHAMPSTEAD |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX78NW8
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 445468
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78NW/38
- Old Listed Building Ref (II): 85005
Monument Type(s) and Dates
Full description
Worth, R. H., 1953, Dartmoor, 415-16 (Monograph). SDV231148.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1953, SX78NW8 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV326428.
(21/3/1953) Ash house. A circular building of roughly hewn granite 4 metres in diameter and 4 metres high with a corbelled granite roof and cement floor. A plain rectangular doorway is on the north side and a small square window on the southeast. Strongly constructed, it is still complete though overgrown with ivy.
This is an ash house. The house to which it belonged, as evidenced by a levelled area set into the adjacent slope, was situated to the south at SX73378784. It was called Yelworthy (personal comment B. L. E. Mesurier (21/1/1980).
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1981, SX78NW8 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV286314.
(19/11/1981) An ash house, at SX 73378786, correctly depicted on the published OS 1:2500 M.S.D. but not described. It accords with the description of authority 1, but since 1953 the building has been stripped of ivy etc., and is now in fine condition. (See ground photographs).
Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap, Photograph? (Cartographic). SDV350786.
English Heritage, 2013, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV350785.
Ash house. Probably C18. Granite rubble walls with corbelled granite roof. Circular plan with loading hatch on south-east side and doorway on opposite wall. The 1840 Tithe Map marks a home at this site called Yelworthy of which only the level site now remains to the south of the ash house. Source: S.M.R.
Date: 1985
Listing NGR: SX7338087870
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV231148 | Monograph: Worth, R. H.. 1953. Dartmoor. Dartmoor. Hardback Volume. 415-16. |
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| SDV286314 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1981. SX78NW8. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Unknown. |
| SDV326428 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1953. SX78NW8. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV350785 | National Heritage List for England: English Heritage. 2013. National Heritage List for England. Historic Houses Register. Digital. |
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| SDV350786 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. Photograph?. [Mapped feature: #108296 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV15157 | Part of: Yalworthy Deserted Settlement, Moretonhamstead (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 25 2021 4:25PM |
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