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Summary

Location needs checking! Plymouth and dartmoor railway, 1823. A feature of this railway was the siding at the north extreme of roborough down. Granite stones were used instead of iron rails. Their inner surfaces were raised above the surface of the stone, and upon these edges ran the wheels of the trucks. In 1940 an aerodrome was constructed on adjacent land. A traffic roundabout is now on part of the siding. The roadmakers used the siding stones to form a kerb around the inner circle of the roundabout.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork and structural remains of the World War II RAF Harrowbeer airfield, as well as medieval fields and farms, industrial tin working, sections of the Devonport and Plymouth Leats, and part of the Plymouth and Dartmoor Tramway on Roborough Down

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NW/36

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• RAILWAY SIDING (XIX - 1823 AD (Between) to 1823 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV250862.

Plymouth and dartmoor railway, 1823. A feature of this railway was the siding at the north extreme of roborough down. Granite stones were used instead of iron rails. Their inner surfaces were raised above the surface of the stone, and upon these edges ran the wheels of the trucks. In 1940 an aerodrome was constructed on adjacent land. A traffic roundabout is now on part of the siding. The roadmakers used the siding stones to form a kerb around the inner circle of the roundabout.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV250863.

Worth, r. H. /tda/81(1949)95/54th report of scientific memoranda.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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