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Multi-periodSite Name: Lade Hill Brook Beehive Hut Alternative Name: East Dart Beehive HutCountry: England County: Devon Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Chagford Nearest Village: Postbridge
Map Ref: SX63938145
Latitude: 50.616842N Longitude: 3.924736W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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TheCaptain visited on 3rd May 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 2 Getting down from White Ridge to the river and Beehive Hut is a bit tricky finding the way through the gorse here where it is very rough and largely overgrown, but once down it was easy to find. A splendid little construction and seeing it makes me think I have been here before, possibly on one of those mega expeditions in the 1980's, or perhaps I am confusing it with some of the similar orries in the Ariege Pyrénées. I see my only other person out here on the moors today, well camouflaged and fishing in the Dart, no doubt illegally as he looks very sheepish and hesitant to say hello.
graemefield visited on 28th Feb 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 2
AngieLake have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 2
Best access would probably be from the Dartmoor National Park car park and information centre at Postbridge. There is a long footpath (walking boots necessary) but lovely scenery. The beehive hut is on the east bank of the river as it makes this sharp bend. Further up stream, where the river runs from the west to east there is a waterfall. To the northwest of this is Sandy Hole Pass and Broad Marsh. At this time of the year after the rain we've had, I should imagine it is pretty boggy up there!
Butler writes
"Neither of the main branches of the Dart was a prolific source of tin. The only large streamworks along the East Dart involves both banks of the river at Broad Marsh, so much so that the exit through Sandy Hole Pass had to be walled and deepened. The lower reaches of Lade Hill Brook have been streamed for a short distance above the junction where a bottle-shaped beehive hut has been built amidst the tinners' mounds, well preserved with a narrow entrance leading into a corbelled circular chamber (c. 3.0 x 2.0 m)"
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