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| HER Number: | MDV123790 |
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| Name: | Long Quarry, Babbacombe, Torquay |
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Summary
One of two early quarries exploiting the most northerly outcrop of Devonian limestone in Torbay, established by around 1800.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 937 651 |
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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: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- QUARRY (XVIII to Unknown - 1800 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.64 (Article in Serial). SDV362545.
'Long Quarry' (c.2.5ha) and the adjacent, 'Comfort Quarry' immediately to the south are both shown on the OS First Edition County Series 1:2500, surveyed 1861-2, as disused. Long Quarry Point, between Oddicombe and Anstey's Cove and including the plateaux of Walls Hills, forms an outcrop of Devonian limestone between Permian sandstones & Breccias to the north and slates, shales and grits to the west and south. The quarries were active by the early 19th century to cater for the urban expansion of Torbay. Remnant limestone stacks after abandonment
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.64. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV44421 | Related to: QUARRY in the Parish of (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 26 2019 6:42PM |
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