 The other buildings are three private houses, and a public house, the "Pilchard Inn", which has been taken over by new owners in 2019 (previously owned by the hotel).Archaeological discovery of tin ingots at the River Erme estuary wreck show that the local area was a significant tin trading port in ancient times; it is unclear whether the ingots date from the Iron Age or Sub-Roman periods, however this discovery so close to Burgh Island has drawn comparisons with Diodorus Siculus's 1st century BCE text, more often associated with St Michaels Mount in Cornwall