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| HER Number: | MDV134500 |
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| Name: | Ruined building on Princetown Branch line south of Foggintor Quarry |
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Summary
Concrete floor of northwest-southeast aligned building, measuring about 3.4m x 2.37m. A building is shown upon this spot on the early 20th century historic map (revision of 1904), but not its predecessor (surveyed 1883). The size of the floor pad is comparable to that of the passenger shelter at Ingra Tor Halt.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 565 732 |
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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 (XIX to Edwardian - 1883 AD (Between) to 1905 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_GWRP_020 (Report - Assessment). SDV360397.
Building (ruin) at SX 56535 73211. Granite and brick structure measuring 1.4m northeast-southwest and 1.06m northwest-southeast. The southeastern end of the structure is open to give an interior measuring 0.58m northwest-south x 0.61m northeast-southwest. It survives to a height of about 0.9m. A small piece of iron projects from the ground near the western corner of the opening. It may be the base of a chimney. Although there are no obvious remains of a larger structure on the site today (save a roughly rectangular hollow between feature and track bed), a building of about 3m x 6m is indicated on the second edition 1:2500 OS map CVI.11 (revised 1904). The building does not appear on the first edition OS map, suggesting the feature is the remnant of a chimney attached to the back wall of a small building - possibly a platelayers' hut or a passenger waiting room - erected between 1883 and 1904. The ruin is situated on the south side of the intersection between a cart track to/from Foggintor and the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway track bed at King Tor Halt. There are also three strips of wood in the ground close by.
As a building, its condition is very poor (being an utter ruin). As a ruin, it appears to be in a relatively stable condition.
Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| 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_020. |
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| SDV365227 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2023. Mastermap 2023. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #141627 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV134498 | Related to: Drain on Princetown Branch line south of Foggintor (Monument) |
| MDV19112 | Related to: Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway (Dartmoor section) (Monument) |
| MDV134499 | Related to: Ruined building on Princetown Branch line south of Foggintor Quarry (Monument) |
| MDV2353 | Related to: The Plymouth and Dartmoor Tramway (Dartmoor section) (Monument) |
| MDV134427 | Related to: Trackbed (The Royal Oak Siding) to Foggintor Quarry (Monument) |
| MDV134585 | Related to: Trackway on Walkhampton Common (Monument) |
| MDV134539 | Related to: Wall footing beside railway, Walkhampton Common (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 28 2023 1:23PM |
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