HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > Devon & Dartmoor HER Result
Devon & Dartmoor HERPrintable version | About Devon & Dartmoor HER | Visit Devon & Dartmoor HER online...

See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.


HER Number:MDV110211
Name:Field Names of 'Quarry Park' and 'Higher Quarry Park', north of Were Down

Summary

On the 1841 Aveton Gifford parish tithe map and apportionment, Plot 1070 is recorded as 'Lower Quarry Park' and Plot 1072 'Higher Quarry Park'. No evidence of a quarry is visible on the tithe map or on later historic maps, although one was presumably once located hereabouts.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 679 477
Map Sheet:SX64NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishAveton Gifford
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishAVETON GIFFORD

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • QUARRY (Early Iron Age to XIX - 700 BC (Between) to 1842 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Maps and Apportionments (Website). SDV349463.

On the 1841 Aveton Gifford parish tithe map and apportionment, Plot 1070 is recorded as 'Lower Quarry Park' and Plot 1072 'Higher Quarry Park'.

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

On the 1841 Aveton Gifford parish tithe map and apportionment, Plot 1070 is recorded as 'Lower Quarry Park' and Plot 1072 'Higher Quarry Park'. Map object partly based on this source.

Pink, F., 2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV357736.

On the 1841 Aveton Gifford parish tithe map and apportionment, Plot 1070 is recorded as 'Lower Quarry Park' and Plot 1072 'Higher Quarry Park'. No evidence of a quarry is visible on the tithe map or on later historic maps, although one was presumably once located hereabouts.

Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.

Map object partly based on this source.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349431Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV349463Website: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Maps and Apportionments. http://devon.gov.uk. Website.
SDV357601Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2015. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.
SDV357736Interpretation: Pink, F.. 2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment. AC Archaeology Report. ACD618/4/3. Digital.
Linked documents:1

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jun 23 2022 11:11AM