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| HER Number: | MDV122553 |
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| Name: | Ruined tinners' building beside Fur Tor Brook |
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Summary
Remains of a medieval or later tinners' hut situated within an area of streamworks on the right bank of Fur Tor Brook, 60 metres downstream from its source. Archaeological field surveys in 1995 and 2003 recorded the structure as measuring 5.5 metres by 3 metres, with walls surviving to a maximum height of 0.7metres. The southeast end is apsidal and the northwest corner has fallen into the nearby stream. No obvious entrance was recorded.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 585 822 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX58SE49
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1064657
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TINNERS HUT (Built, Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(02/08/1995) SX 58538222. A tinners' hut is situated within an area of tin streamworks on the right bank of Fur Tor Brook, 60 metres downstream from its source. The ruinous structure is oriented north-west to south-east and measures 5.5 metres by 3.0 metres internally with coursed boulder walls 0.7 metres wide and up to 0.7 metres high. The south-east end of the hut is apsidal and the north-west corner has fallen into the nearby stream. There is no obvious entrance.
Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV350801.
(10/08/2004) This feature remains as described in 1995.
Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361635.
A ruined rectangular tinners' building within an area of streamworks beside Fur Tor Brook.
Ordnance Survey, 2018, MasterMap 2018 (Cartographic). SDV360652.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV346608 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1993-1998. Dartmoor Royal Forest Project. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. Unknown. |
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| SDV350801 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P.. 2003-2004. Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. 28-2004. Unknown. |
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| SDV360652 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2018. MasterMap 2018. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #112733 ] |
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| SDV361635 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2018. Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation. South-west Landscape Investigations. A4 Comb Bound. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV116632 | Related to: Streamworks on the River Tavy and its tributaries within Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
- EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 12 2021 12:28PM |
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