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| HER Number: | MDV134465 |
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| Name: | Crane base at Foggintor Quarry |
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Summary
Remains of a circular granite-built crane base near the southwest entrance to the main part of Foggintor Quarry. It is an estimated 4-4.5m in diameter and c.0.6m tall. It has a large depression in the centre (c.1m across, by estimate). It is located close to the southern side of tramway route MDV134435 and one of the crane's purposes may have been to load material into wagons using that part of the tramway system.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 566 734 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WALKHAMPTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CIRCULAR PLATFORM (XVIII to Edwardian - 1800 AD (Between) to 1905 AD (Between))
- CRANE (XVIII to Edwardian - 1800 AD (Between) to 1905 AD (Between))
Full description
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV362959.
Large circular feature visible on the aerial photography.
Wakeham, C., 2016, Report on an Audit of Archaeological Features and Structures Relating to Railways and Tramways on Dartmoor Phase 1, DR+T_FQ_033 (Report - Assessment). SDV360397.
Crane base at SX 56614 73467. Remains of a circular granite-built crane base near the southwest entrance to the main part of Foggintor Quarry. It is an estimated 4-4.5m in diameter and c.0.6m tall. It has a large depression in the centre (c.1m across, by estimate). It is located close to the southern side of tramway route MDV134435 and one of the crane's purposes may have been to load material into wagons using that part of the tramway system. Either this crane base - or MDV134466 - appears to be depicted on the first edition Ordnance Survey map.
The crane base is in a slightly tumbledown state and is in a mirey patch of the quarry.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV360397 | Report - Assessment: Wakeham, C.. 2016. Report on an Audit of Archaeological Features and Structures Relating to Railways and Tramways on Dartmoor Phase 1. A4 Bound + Digital. DR+T_FQ_033. |
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| SDV362959 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015 onwards. 2015 onward Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #141581 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV5005 | Part of: Foggintor Quarry, Princetown (Monument) |
| MDV134467 | Related to: Crane base at Foggintor Quarry (Monument) |
| MDV134464 | Related to: Crane base at Foggintor Quarry (Monument) |
| MDV134468 | Related to: Possible crane base at Foggintor Quarry (Monument) |
| MDV134471 | Related to: Possible crane base at Foggintor Quarry (Monument) |
| MDV134435 | Related to: Trackbed to Foggintor Quarry main quarry face (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 13 2023 4:20PM |
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