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HER Number: | MDV16243 |
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Name: | Strawbushes Quarry, Ashburton |
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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 |
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Map Sheet: | SX77SE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Ashburton |
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District | Teignbridge |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | ASHBURTON |
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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
SDV284990 | Aerial Photograph: |
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SDV284991 | Migrated Record: |
SDV287002 | Migrated Record: |
SDV287003 | Migrated Record: |
SDV287004 | Migrated Record: |
SDV287005 | Migrated Record: |
SDV287006 | Migrated Record: |
SDV319854 | Cartographic: 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. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV113250 | Related to: Balland Farmstead, Ashburton (Monument) |
MDV120630 | Related to: Field system at Linhay Hill Quarry, Ashburton (Monument) |
MDV21897 | Related to: LIME KILN in the Parish of Ashburton (Monument) |
MDV25820 | Related 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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