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Summary

No longer extant. The early 20th century historic map shows two buildings by the Royal Oak Siding, Foggintor Quarry. Flattish ground indicates where a long, rectangular building about 25m in length aligned north-east by south-west existed. The absence of surviving wall footings suggests the building was made of iron and/or wood. A smaller building, also shown to the north of which, again, there are no surviving footings.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• INDUSTRIAL BUILDING (XVIII to Early 20th Century - 1800 AD (Between) to 1920 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Wakeham, C., 2016, Report on an Audit of Archaeological Features and Structures Relating to Railways and Tramways on Dartmoor Phase 1, DR+T_FQ_004 (Report - Assessment). SDV360397.

SX 56423 73596 Building (site of). Flattish ground where a long, rectangular building is depicted on the second edition OS map CVI.7 (revision of 1904). The building is depicted as being about 25m in length (northeast-southwest) and about 5m wide with an open-sided north-east elevation. The absence of surviving wall footings suggests the building was made of iron and/or wood. The map also shows a smaller building, of a about 2.5m x 2.5m) about 6.5m to the north of which, again, there are no surviving footings. There is a relatively clear patch of ground about 2m north of the site of the rectangular building (measuring about 2m x 3m) and another of 2m x 2m lies about 8m north of the rectangular building. One of these patches was probably the location of the second building. Satellite imagery (NLS) indicates that there is a winding route to the site of the open-fronted shed (skirting around the outer tip of the spoil heap at the southern end of DR+T_FQ_020) which leads back to a point at about SX 56548 73508 on track bed DR+T_FQ_013, about midway between the former weighbridge and the southern main quarry entrance. This route was probably for pedestrian and non-rail bound traffic.
There are no structural remains visible above ground. The site is grass-covered, with a few clumps of reeds encroaching round the edges, but otherwise appears to be stable.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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