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Tinners' building 90m north east of the confluence of the Brim Brook and West Okement River
Devon
This scheduled monument marks the site of a building associated with tin extraction, positioned where the Brim Brook meets the West Okement River on the northern moor. The structure likely dates to the medieval or early post-medieval period, when tin working shaped both the landscape and economy of Dartmoor. Such buildings served the practical needs of miners working the streamside deposits and shallow workings of the time.
Today the site is identified by archaeological remains in moorland that still bears the scars of centuries of tin working. The confluence location is typical for tinners' sites, where water was essential for processing ore and where accessible deposits could be worked. Visiting the site requires moorland walking and some navigation, but offers a tangible connection to the moor's industrial past.
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