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| HER Number: | MDV25193 |
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| Name: | Disused quarry on Welstor Common |
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Summary
A horseshoe shaped quarry pit, with sloping sides, extends for 46 metres by 24 metres. The hollow cuts into the slope and is open at the north-east end. Flat-topped spoil dumps up to 25 metres long are located a few metres to the east. Appears to be early 20th century, as the late 19th century historic map depicts rifle range targets here.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 738 731 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77SW |
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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
- SHINE: Earthwork remains of a Bronze Age parallel reave system on Buckland Common and Blackslade Down, including prehistoric hut circle settlements and cairns, medieval and later remains
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SW/173
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- QUARRY (XIX to Edwardian - 1889 AD to 1905 AD)
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
The late 19th century historic map shows this was the site of target butts for a rifle range, so presumably the quarry / pit post-dated this use.
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
'Old sand pit' marked on early 20th century historic map.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 1381 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
National Monuments Record, 1980, SF1748, 355 (Aerial Photograph). SDV279663.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Small quarry visible on aerial photograph.
Newman, P., 2015, Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, 52, figure 18 (Report - Survey). SDV359145.
A disused quarry on Welstor Common. A horseshoe shaped quarry pit, with sloping sides, extends for 46 metres by 24 metres. The hollow cuts into the slope and is open at the north-east end. Flat-topped spoil dumps up to 25 metres long are located a few metres to the east. Date not known but the quarry was depicted in a less developed form on the Ordnance Survey 2nd Edition 25 inch map of 1905.
Condition is stable, SX73907 73152.
Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.
Modern mapping shows a pond and quarry working at this location.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 1381. |
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| SDV279663 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1980. SF1748. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 355. |
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| 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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| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV359145 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2015. Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. South-West Landscape Investigations. A4 Bound + Digital. 52, figure 18. |
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| SDV359352 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2016. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #84970 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV25188 | Related to: Medieval field boundaries on Welstor Common (Monument) |
| MDV7983 | Related to: Reave system on Buckland Common (Monument) |
| MDV114604 | Related to: Rifle Range on Welstor Common (Monument) |
| MDV112772 | Related to: Strip cultivation on Welstor Common (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6836 - Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape survey
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 14 2021 10:33AM |
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