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HER Number: | MDV123700 |
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Name: | Limekiln, Lummaton Quarry, Combe Pafford, Torquay |
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Summary
The surviving limekiln of 8 formerly serving the Quarry
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 911 666 |
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Map Sheet: | SX96NW |
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Admin Area | Torbay |
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Civil Parish | Torbay |
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District | Torbay |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | ST.MARYCHURCH |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: CR 1267
- Torbay HER: MTO22327
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LIME KILN (XVIII to Unknown - 1715 AD (Post))
Full description
Torbay HER record (SMR record). SDV361984.
Imported from Torbay HER
Beer, Phoebe, 1982-3, Transactions of the Torquay Natural History Society, p.65 (Article in Serial). SDV362545.
One of a series of limekilns on Lummaton Hill erected to serve the qaurry. On the 1841 tithe map 8 limekilns are shown around the quarry. This is the sole survival, the eastern one of a pair, which also is present on the 1862 OS 1:1250. The others, which have all been quarried away, can be located from the tithe and later OS maps: a pair at SX291145 66542;, a single one at c. SX9128 6663, and three in a row between SX291356 66549 and SX291337 66603.
The tithe apportionment of 1841records that 7 of the kilns were in the possession of three different tenants and one was unoccupied. (DRO)
Sources / Further Reading
SDV361984 | SMR record: Torbay HER record. |
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SDV362545 | Article in Serial: Beer, Phoebe. 1982-3. Transactions of the Torquay Natural History Society. . XIX, part 1. p.65. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV123699 | Part of: Lummaton Quarries, Happaway Road, Commbe Pafford, Torquay (Monument) |
MDV22327 | Related to: LIME KILN in the Parish of (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Feb 26 2019 6:33PM |
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