Tinners Holes

Tinners Holes are the remnants of simple stone structures built by tin miners working the moorland in centuries past. These humble ruins sit exposed on the high ground, weathered by wind and time, offering a tangible connection to the men who extracted their living from Dartmoor's tin deposits. The sparse archaeology here speaks to the hardship of moorland industry.

The site rewards those willing to venture onto the open moor to find it. Standing among these fragmentary walls, you gain perspective on how intensively Dartmoor was worked and exploited, and how little trace remains of the lives lived here. The landscape itself—undulating, windswept, unforgiving—tells as much of the story as the ruins.