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HER Number:MDV114461
Name:Quarry, southwest of Gnatts Farm

Summary

A post-medieval to modern quarry is visible on aerial photographs as an earthwork cut feature, to the southwest of Gnatts Farm. The quarry was recorded as part of the Tamar Valley NMP project.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 483 652
Map Sheet:SX46NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishBuckland Monachorum
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishBUCKLAND MONACHORUM

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • QUARRY (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2013 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The quarry appears to be partly depicted on this map, with possible later building. Map object partly based on this source.


Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, OS84/234/249-50 (Interpretation). SDV346287.

An earthwork cut feature visible on aerial photographs has been interpreted as a post-medieval quarry. Map object partly based on this source.


Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2016, Backlog Recording of the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Survey (Personal Comment). SDV359374.

The quarry appears to be partly depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition map, with a possible later structure (MDV80255) within it. Only part of the photo reference is given in the transcription attributes, so the date of the photographs is not known.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV346287Interpretation: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. 2001-2002. Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records. National Mapping Programme. Map (Digital). OS84/234/249-50.
SDV359374Personal Comment: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2016. Backlog Recording of the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Survey. Not Applicable.

Associated Monuments

MDV80255Related to: Agricultural Buildings, South-West of Gnatts Farm (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV6911 - Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme

Date Last Edited:Feb 19 2016 9:32AM