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| HER Number: | MDV120296 |
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| Name: | Magazine building at Meldon |
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Summary
Small square building located to the south of the kiln, this structure is depicted on the early 20th century historic map.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 565 921 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX59SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Okehampton Hamlets |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | OKEHAMPTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MAGAZINE (Constructed, XIX to Edwardian - 1885 AD to 1905 AD)
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
Small square structure depicted on the early 20th century historic map to the south of the eastern lime kiln at Meldon.
Fletcher, M. + Newman, P. + Probert, S., 1997, The Meldon Industrial Landscape, Okehampton, Devon. An Archaeological Survey, 12, figs 10-13 (Report - Survey). SDV346364.
Immediately south of the spoil heap of the east side adit is a small, square stone-built structure with an entrance in the west. The interior is obscured by rubble and vegetation. It seems likely to have been a magazine.
Ordnance Survey, 2017, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359962.
Depicted on the modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV346364 | Report - Survey: Fletcher, M. + Newman, P. + Probert, S.. 1997. The Meldon Industrial Landscape, Okehampton, Devon. An Archaeological Survey. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. A4 Bound. 12, figs 10-13. |
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| SDV359962 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2017. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #79530 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV4826 | Part of: Meldon Lime Works (Monument) |
| MDV120317 | Related to: Adit to the east of the West Okement River at Meldon Quarry (Monument) |
| MDV120295 | Related to: Building south of lime kiln, Meldon (Building) |
| MDV17703 | Related to: Glass Factory, Meldon Quarry (Monument) |
| MDV17701 | Related to: Lime Kiln at Meldon Lime Works (Monument) |
| MDV120291 | Related to: Quarry buildings at Meldon (Building) |
| MDV120294 | Related to: Quarry buildings at Meldon (Building) |
| MDV120246 | Related to: Weigh House and weighbridge south of the Meldon Viaduct (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4968 - Survey of Meldon Industrial Landscape
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 7 2021 1:41PM |
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