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| HER Number: | MDV134565 |
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| Name: | Drain under railway trackbed, Walkhampton |
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Summary
Southwest-northeast aligned drain, of c.5.25m length, under the Princetown Branch track bed. Its higher (southwest) face is brick dressed and it has two short, 0.23m thick brick wing walls. The wing walls splay out from 0.6m to c.0.95m apart. The ceiling of the drain is little more than 0.4m below the track bed surface and the interior has been fitted with an orange-brown glazed ceramic pipe.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 561 735 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Walkhampton |
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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
- DRAIN (XVIII to XIX - 1800 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV362959.
Possibly 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_094 (Report - Assessment). SDV360397.
SX 56147 73579. Southwest-northeast aligned drain, of c.5.25m length, under the Princetown Branch track bed. Its higher (southwest) face is brick dressed and it has two short, 0.23m thick brick wing walls. The wing walls splay out from 0.6m to c.0.95m apart. The ceiling of the drain is little more than 0.4m below the track bed surface and the interior has been fitted with an orange-brown glazed ceramic pipe.
The lower end of the drain has been deliberately blocked up and the higher end of the drain is partly obscured. The interior is strewn with rubble.
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_094. |
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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). [Mapped feature: #141701 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV19112 | Part of: Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway (Dartmoor section) (Monument) |
| MDV2353 | Related to: The Plymouth and Dartmoor Tramway (Dartmoor section) (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 21 2023 3:45PM |
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