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HER Number:	MDV123685
Name:	Quarry 2 in Clennon Valley, Paignton

Summary

A disused quarry now within the grounds of Paignton Zoo

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 876 593
Map Sheet:	SX85NE
Admin Area	Torbay
Civil Parish	Torbay
District	Torbay
Ecclesiastical Parish	PAIGNTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

Torbay HER: MTO21529

Monument Type(s) and Dates

QUARRY (Post Medieval to XXI - 1540 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

Torbay HER record (SMR record). SDV361984.

The quarry is marked as "Old Quarry" on the 1864 OS County Series First Edition 1:2500 contained on a Torbay HBSMR GIS layer. It is triangular c. 21m x 35m. The adjacent limekiln is MTO 21530 (formerlySX85NE/48/1).
It is also shown on the subsequent OS Surveys of 1890, 1933 and 1963.[1][2][3]

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1890, Ordnance Survey: Paignton 1890 (Cartographic). SDV362079.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1933, Ordnance Survey: Stoke Gabriel & Yalberton 1933, Sheet 121SE (Cartographic). SDV362075.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1963, Ordnance Survey: Paignton 1963 (Cartographic). SDV362076.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV361984	SMR record: Torbay HER record.


SDV362079	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1890. Ordnance Survey: Paignton 1890.


SDV362075	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1933. Ordnance Survey: Stoke Gabriel & Yalberton 1933. Sheet 121SE.


SDV362076	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1963. Ordnance Survey: Paignton 1963.

Associated Monuments

MDV123686	Parent of: Lime kiln in Clennon Valley, Paignton (Building)
MDV21529	Related to: QUARRY in the Parish of (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

EDV7772 - Site visit by Veronica Fiorato - September 1999

Date Last Edited:	Feb 26 2019 6:33PM

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