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| HER Number: | MDV78014 |
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| Name: | Quarry Farm, South Tawton |
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Summary
Quarry Farm was built within the north-east corner of Oxenham Quarry in the second half of the 19th century and was originally called New Oxenham. The farm buildings have now been converted.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 660 946 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX69SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | South Tawton |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UNKNOWN |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FARMSTEAD (Built, XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.
The Tithe Map shows only a small rectangular building at the south-western end of a small rectangular enclosure within Oxenham Quarries. Recorded as houses on the Apportionment (plot 1435).
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Farmstead marked as New Oxenham. Located within north-east portion of Oxenham Quarry which is marked as disused. The farm comprises three main ranges of buildings around the north, east and south-west sides of a large rectangular yard with a the farmhouse adjacent to the entrance in the south-west corner. Within the yard itself is what appears to be a dung pit. The building and yard depicted on the Tithe Map appears to have gone.
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
Farm house with fully hipped roof and farm buildings visible in north-east corner of former, now overgrown, quarry.
Dartmoor National Park Authority, 1993 - 1997, Dartmoor National Park Authority Farmstead Survey 1993-1997 (Report - Survey). SDV344544.
Farmstead included in survey. Visited on 28/11/1995.
GetMapping, 1999 - 2000, Millennium Map 1999-2000 Getmapping (Aerial Photograph). SDV321648.
Farm buildings and dung pit visible but the farmhouse, however, has been completely demolished.
Bluesky, 2006 - 2007, Bluesky aerial photographs 2006 - 2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV341189.
Aerial photo shows buildings in the final processes of conversion.
Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.
Quarry Farm marked. Numbering of buildings suggests that they have been converted. New Oxenham is now the name of a modern building to the south-east of Quarry Farm.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV321648 | Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999 - 2000. Millennium Map 1999-2000 Getmapping. Millennium Map. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV341189 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky. 2006 - 2007. Bluesky aerial photographs 2006 - 2007. Bluesky. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV342938 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV344544 | Report - Survey: Dartmoor National Park Authority. 1993 - 1997. Dartmoor National Park Authority Farmstead Survey 1993-1997. dartmoor National Park Authority. Mixed Archive Material. |
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| SDV349431 | Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital. |
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| SDV355681 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2014. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV42377 | Related to: Oxenham Quarry, South Tawton (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 13 2015 11:54AM |
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