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Ringleshutes tinwork

England
List entry 1020098
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020098
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
62.33 hectares
Grid reference
SX 67212 69827
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Ringleshutes tinwork is a scheduled ancient monument located in Devon representing the county's significant tin mining heritage. The site consists of the remains of tin working activity, including characteristic features associated with medieval and post-medieval tin extraction and processing in the southwestern peninsula. The specific layout and surviving structures reflect the technological practices employed in Devon's tin industry during its periods of operation. As a designated heritage site, Ringleshutes preserves evidence of the economic activities that shaped Devon's landscape and contributed to the region's historical development.

Ringleshutes tinwork is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020098. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Ringleshutes tinwork?

Ringleshutes tinwork is a scheduled ancient monument located in Devon representing the county's significant tin mining heritage.

Who is responsible for protecting Ringleshutes tinwork?

Ringleshutes tinwork is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1020098.

What other scheduled monuments are near Ringleshutes tinwork?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including One of two stone hut circles on Corringdon Ball, north of Corringdon Farm (9.3 km), Cairn north of Glasscombe Ball (9.4 km), Stone alignment and two cairns to the north-west of Glasscombe Ball (9.5 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

One of two stone hut circles on Corringdon Ball, north of Corringdon Farm
9.3 km
Cairn north of Glasscombe Ball
9.4 km
Stone alignment and two cairns to the north-west of Glasscombe Ball
9.5 km
Glaze Meet blowing house (Tinner's Foundry)
9.6 km
Cairn on Glasscombe Ball
9.7 km
Agglomerated enclosure with hut circles, south of Lower Piles
9.8 km
Enclosure with hut circles north of Scad Brook
9.9 km
Cairn south-east of Lower Piles
10 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Ringleshutes tinwork

Ringleshutes tinwork stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Ringleshutes tinwork

ExeterRoman town · ~20.8 miles
Domesday entry for Stoke, Devon →
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