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| HER Number: | MDV124012 |
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| Name: | Lime kiln, Blackler's Quarry, Petit Tor, St Marychurch, Torquay |
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Summary
Kiln attached to quarry sometime between 1862-1904
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 924 664 |
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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
- LIME KILN (XIX to XX - 1862 AD to 1904 AD (Between))
Full description
Torbay HER record (SMR record). SDV361984.
Imported from Torbay HER
Worth, R.N., 1875, Transactions of the Devonshire Association, p.218 (Article in Serial). SDV362547.
Blackler's Quarry at Petit Tor was an important source of Devonshire marble.
The quarry was in use by 1862; it is disused by 1968. A limekiln (SX96NW/44/1) attached to the quarry is shown in 1862 but is absent entirely by 1904.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV361984 | SMR record: Torbay HER record. |
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| SDV362547 | Article in Serial: Worth, R.N.. 1875. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. . 7. p.218. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV123602 | Part of: Blackler's Quarry, Petit Tor, St Marychurch, Torquay (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 26 2019 6:57PM |
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