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could keep watch for the arrival of the pilchards. They could be discerned by the water turning a dark reddish-brown and by the flocks of seagulls which dived down to feed on the fish. The huer would announce the arrival by shouting "hevva, hevva" or through the use of a trumpet after which he would
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who grew up in
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window. All the windows in the structure are unglazed and the northern opening, which acts as a doorway, is secured with metal gates. There is a fireplace in the centre of the structure with a single stack chimney. The building is constructed of local
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and consumption of fish dropped; it was therefore well placed to supply countries such as Italy which were not self-sufficient in fish. Pilchards are migratory fish and in the 16th century vast schools of young fish would approach the coastline at
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description states that the current structure dates from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, though a plaque on the structure claims 14th-century origins. The plaque also states that the structure may have been used at an earlier time as a
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The structure was restored in 1836, at which point the fireplace may have been significantly altered. It received protection as a listed building (under the name "Huer's House") on 24 October 1951 and is currently categorised as grade II*.
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in mid-July. The fish would progress gradually eastwards along the north coast of
Cornwall and Devon. There was, therefore, a short period in which the fish could be caught en masse by nets cast from boats in shallow waters.
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tossed through the openings of the structure. This change has been stolen through the use of fishing nets and in
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direct the townsfolk to the fish by waving tree branches above his head. The word huer has the same derivation as the "hue" in
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would signal the arrival of the pilchards and direct fishermen towards them. The structure was in the ownership of
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