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HER Number:MDV16243
Name:Strawbushes Quarry, Ashburton

Summary

One of several quarries in the ashburton area which were worked for lime for agricultural use (worth). Ashburton quarries were one of the best known sources of limestone in devon (appleton).

Location

Grid Reference:SX 768 710
Map Sheet:SX77SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishAshburton
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishASHBURTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: MDV25821
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SE/120
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SE/47

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • QUARRY (Unknown to XIX)
  • QUARRY (Early Medieval to XXI - 1066 AD to 2009 AD)

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV284990.

Aph=raf cpe uk 1890/2387(10/12/1946).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV284991.

Des=adas record sheet (2/3/1995)/in smr.
Vis=2/3/1995 (adas) SX 7680 7106 site now part of large quarry complex. Not visited (adas).
Vis=2/3/1995 (adas) SX 7680 7105 now part of large quarry complex - not visited (adas).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287002.

Worth, r. N. /tda/7(1875)213/the economic geology of devon.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287003.

Appleton, e. /tda/7(1875)236/the economic geology of devon. Strawbushes quarry. One of several quarries in the ashburton area which were worked for lime for agricultural use (worth). Ashburton quarries were one of the best known sources of limestone in devon (appleton).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287004.

Des=griffiths, d. M. /as above. Vis=17/1/1984 (griffiths) only a small part of the old quarry face survives, the rest has been destroyed by a modern quarry. Shown on tithe map. Field no.1395, lime quarry.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287005.

Des=tithe map in dro/(1839).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287006.

Des=os 6" (1904/1938)108se.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Quarry visible.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV284990Aerial Photograph:
SDV284991Migrated Record:
SDV287002Migrated Record:
SDV287003Migrated Record:
SDV287004Migrated Record:
SDV287005Migrated Record:
SDV287006Migrated Record:
SDV319854Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic.

Associated Monuments

MDV113250Related to: Balland Farmstead, Ashburton (Monument)
MDV120630Related to: Field system at Linhay Hill Quarry, Ashburton (Monument)
MDV21897Related to: LIME KILN in the Parish of Ashburton (Monument)
MDV25820Related to: Quarry south-east of Strawbushes, Ashburton (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jul 18 2023 11:54AM

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