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HER Number: | MDV15996 |
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Name: | Meldon Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets |
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Summary
Stone quarry. On the site of a band of lower carboniferous rocks, which include cherts, slates and sandstones, volcanics and contemporaneous dolerites, all of which have been metamorphosed by the dartmoor granite (dcc).
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 568 925 |
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Map Sheet: | SX59SE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Okehampton Hamlets |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | OKEHAMPTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX59SE/66
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- STONE QUARRY (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
Bowman, A. C., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV14682.
Okehampton lime and cement quarries co ltd formed in 1880 (bowman).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219766.
Dcc/mineral consultation areas/(1982)no.53.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219767.
Des=griffiths, d. M. /as above.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219768.
Des=balkwill, c. J. /dcra rural survey/(1976)quarries no 6/in smr.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219769.
Des=conservation section photos/606/31-34/(-/6/1983).
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV219770.
Aph=raf 3g tud uk 138/5358.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219771.
Des=bowman, a. /(1993)/list of quarries/in smr.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219772.
Des=watts, s. /as above/(22/10/2002).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV40159.
Meldon quarry. On the site of a band of lower carboniferous rocks, which include cherts, slates and sandstones, volcanics and contemporaneous dolerites, all of which have been metamorphosed by the dartmoor granite (dcc).
BALKWILL, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV44259.
Mining rights granted in 1865, this probably the beginning of meldon quarry (balkwill).
WATTS, Untitled Source (Unspecified Type). SDV81027.
May refer to meldon pool (watts).
Griffiths, D., 1983, ?Quay (Worksheet). SDV13596.
Vis=10/8/1982 (griffiths) this site has been quarried by british rail since 1895 for ballast. Meldon cottages at sx56699236 were built about the turn of the century.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Interpretation). SDV319854.
Visible and recorded.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV13596 | Worksheet: Griffiths, D.. 1983. ?Quay. |
SDV14682 | Migrated Record: Bowman, A. C.. |
SDV219766 | Migrated Record: |
SDV219767 | Migrated Record: |
SDV219768 | Migrated Record: |
SDV219769 | Migrated Record: |
SDV219770 | Aerial Photograph: |
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SDV219771 | Migrated Record: |
SDV219772 | Migrated Record: |
SDV319854 | Interpretation: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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SDV40159 | Migrated Record: |
SDV44259 | Migrated Record: BALKWILL. |
Associated Monuments
MDV4827 | Related to: Aplite Quarry at Meldon (Monument) |
MDV51148 | Related to: Meldon Quarry Cottages (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV3474 - Earthwork survey of Okehampton Castle and Park
Date Last Edited: | Nov 27 2017 4:28PM |
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