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| HER Number: | MDV134590 |
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| Name: | Possible railway building east of King's Tor |
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Summary
Coursed granite-faced trackside structure. It is roughly D-shaped in plan, with a 7.35m (mainly) stone-faced eastern elevation over 0.4m in thickness and about 1.1m in height. Unclear whether this was some form of loading platform, or originally a hollow feature (such as a building or enclosure).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 559 738 |
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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
- RAILWAY BUILDING? (Constructed, XVIII to XIX - 1800 AD (Between) to 1899 AD (Between))
Full description
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV362959.
Wakeham, C., 2016, Report on an Audit of Archaeological Features and Structures Relating to Railways and Tramways on Dartmoor Phase 1, DR+T_PDR_003 (Report - Assessment). SDV360397.
Structure (ruin) at SX 55970 73883. Coursed granite-faced trackside structure. It is roughly D-shaped in plan, with a 7.35m (mainly) stone-faced eastern elevation over 0.4m in thickness and about 1.1m in height. The first 2m of the eastern elevation from the south is earthwork only and sloped down towards the south and east. This is followed by a 0.35m thick perpendicular stone wall face (measuring 1.6m east-west), then a 0.9m gap. Most of the remaining 5m of the eastern elevation is of dry stone coursed rubble, although the northern extremity is again earthwork and sloped to the north and east. The southern earthwork end measures 2.1m east to west, whilst the northern earthwork end measures 2.6m east to west. The earthwork western elevation curves outwards to give the structure a maximum width of 4.5m east to west. It is unclear whether this was some form of loading platform, or whether the 0.9m gap in the eastern elevation and the depressed appearance of the upper surface may signify that it was originally a hollow feature (such as a building or enclosure).
Condition is poor, but relatively stable. Some of the eastern stonework has collapsed.
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_PDR_003. |
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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: #141749 ] |
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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 28 2023 2:50PM |
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