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HER Number:MDV26312
Name:Pitts Cleave Quarry, Tavistock

Summary

Pitts Cleave Quarry (stone), and associated spoil heaps visible on aerial image at SX 5015 7620. Still in use in 1947.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 500 761
Map Sheet:SX57NW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishTavistock
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishTAVISTOCK

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/156

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • LYNCHET (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
  • QUARRY (XIX to Mid 20th Century - 1880 AD (Between) to 1950 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2149, 4183 (Aerial Photograph). SDV282746.

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

Pitts Cleave Quarry (stone), and associated spoil heaps visible on aerial image at SX 5015 7620. Still in use in 1947.

National Mapping Programme, post-1985, Dartmoor NMP Transcription data, RAF/CPE/UK/2149/F20/4368-9 (Cartographic). SDV364293.

Curving lynchet and area of the quarry recorded from aerial photographs.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV282746Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2149. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4183.
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

MDV134163Related to: Rifle range near Half Bridge, Peter Tavy (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Aug 14 2023 11:50AM