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Summary

Remains of a small trackside building on the higher (eastern) side of the Princetown Branch track bed, from which it is set back c.2.1m. It is quite likely an old platelayers' hut. The remains are c.925m down the line from ruined hut MDV134530 (a potential platelayers' hut).

Location

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_055 (Report - Assessment). SDV360397.

Ruined building at SX 55348 72055. Remains of a small trackside building on the higher (eastern) side of the Princetown Branch track bed, from which it is set back c.2.1m. It is quite likely an old platelayers' hut. The remains are c.925m down the line from ruined hut DR+T_GWR_045 (a potential platelayers' hut). The building remains comprise a square floor surface (2.24m northwest-southeast by 3.06m) covered in concrete slabs with a mortared brick base of a chimney (0.70m by 1.04m) along the northwest edge. The concrete slabs are about 5cm thick and the chimney base is flush with the floor surface. There are horizontally projecting ridges in the mortar along the southeast edge of the floor, indicating where the walling material met the floor. There are a few bits of mortared brick debris scattered about the site and more bits have been cast down over the other side of the Great Western Railway track bed, where they lie amid the bracken. Anthony Kingdom (1991, page 31) reproduced a photograph, taken by H.C. Casserley in 1926, which appears to depict this hut while it was still in use. The hut had what appears to have been a six-paned, top-tilting window on either side of the projecting brick chimney. The monopitch roof sloped down gently towards the southeast.
As a building, its condition is very poor, being an utter ruin. What little that is left in situ is relatively stable, although a concrete slab has been displaced from the southern corner and grass is now breaking through the joints between the paving.

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Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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