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Summary

Quarry shown on late 19th and early 20th century maps, between the River Tavy and the railway line through Shillamill Wood.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX47SE/283

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Quarry shown on east side of Shillamill Wood.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

'Quarry' shown to east of railway line through Shillamill Wood.

Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.

Buck, C., 2015, Buctor Farm, Tavistock (Report - Assessment). SDV359746.

This study was commissioned by the landowner on behalf of Natural England as part of a Higher Level Environmental Stewardship Agreement Scheme and produced by Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council.

Background
There are number of small quarries distributed across the project area, usually the result of needing stone for the erection of buildings or perhaps for hedging stone. This quarry is within the landholding but out of the study area, and has been included solely for contextual reasons. It is first shown (unlabelled) on the 1867 and later maps (Fig 9). It probably functioned to provide building stone for the locality, possibly Tavistock.

Survey
The site has not been surveyed and is out of the study area. The owner states it has been let to another person.

Significance
N/A

Recommendations
None.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7058 - Archaeological Management Plan, Buctor Farm, Tavistock (Ref: 2015R055)

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