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| HER Number: | MDV134493 |
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| Name: | Ruined building on line of Princetown Branch |
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Summary
Concrete pad remains of a small building measuring 4.54m x 2.64m and aligned northeast-southwest. The 0.11m wide scar for brick wall footings is discernible around most of the perimeter. A 0.94m wide gap in the scar denotes the position of a doorway in the southern corner (southwest end wall). Over half of the lower course of bricks along the northeast wall are still in situ, bringing the surviving height of the building to about 0.15m. The building footing is about 2.5m from the northern side of the track bed. The building does not appear on either the first or second edition 1:2500 OS maps (Devon sheet CVI.12), suggesting it may post-date 1904 (the year of the second edition revision).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 569 730 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WALKHAMPTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RAILWAY BUILDING (Edwardian to Mid 20th Century - 1905 AD? (Between) to 1950 AD (Between))
Full description
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV362959.
Visible on the aerial photography.
Wakeham, C., 2016, Report on an Audit of Archaeological Features and Structures Relating to Railways and Tramways on Dartmoor Phase 1, DR+T_GWRP_013 (Report - Assessment). SDV360397.
Building (ruin) at SX 56906 73092. Concrete pad remains of a small building measuring 4.54m x 2.64m and aligned northeast-southwest. The 0.11m wide scar for brick wall footings is discernible around most of the perimeter. A 0.94m wide gap in the scar denotes the position of a doorway in the southern corner (southwest end wall). Over half of the lower course of bricks along the northeast wall are still in situ, bringing the surviving height of the building to about 0.15m. The building footing is about 2.5m from the northern side of the track bed. The building does not appear on either the first or second edition 1:2500 OS maps (Devon sheet CVI.12), suggesting it may post-date 1904 (the year of the second edition revision).
As a building, its condition is very poor (being an utter ruin). As a ruin, it is in a reasonable and stable state.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV360397 | Report - Assessment: Wakeham, C.. 2016. Report on an Audit of Archaeological Features and Structures Relating to Railways and Tramways on Dartmoor Phase 1. A4 Bound + Digital. DR+T_GWRP_013. |
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| SDV362959 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015 onwards. 2015 onward Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV134494 | Related to: Drain on line of Princetown Branch (Monument) |
| MDV19112 | Related to: Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway (Dartmoor section) (Monument) |
| MDV2353 | Related to: The Plymouth and Dartmoor Tramway (Dartmoor section) (Monument) |
| MDV134539 | Related to: Wall footing beside railway, Walkhampton Common (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 21 2023 8:44AM |
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