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HER Number:MDV3087
Name:QUARRY in the Parish of Ugborough

Summary - not yet available

Location

Grid Reference:SX 659 559
Map Sheet:SX65NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishUgborough
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishUGBOROUGH

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NE/173

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • QUARRY (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

1969, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV159919.

'old quarry' indicated on os 6" (1906). Shown but not indicated on os 6" (1969) (os).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV159920.

Ussher/geology of ivybridge & modbury/(1912)78.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV159921.

Des=os 6" (1906) sheet 125ne.


Anonymous, Untitled Source (Monograph). SDV76927.

Peek mill, a disused quarry behind peek mill cottage, by the roadside, down the hill from higher broadaford. Not clear for what purpose the stone was used, but probable that quarrying was undertaken in the second half of the 19th century. Not mentioned in 1845 tithe register, but ussher knew of it in 1912.(he says it "exhibits spilitic characteristics") (anon).

Sources / Further Reading

SDV159919Migrated Record: 1969.
SDV159920Migrated Record:
SDV159921Migrated Record:
SDV76927Monograph: Anonymous.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jun 6 2017 1:44PM