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HER Number: | MDV28246 |
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Name: | Open cut on Roborough Down |
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Summary
Marked as a quarry on historic maps; associated with the North Roborough Down Tin Mine?
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 514 684 |
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Map Sheet: | SX56NW |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Buckland Monachorum |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | BUCKLAND MONACHORUM |
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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/98
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- OPEN CUT (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV267230.
Des=os 6"(1907)112nw. 'old quarry' indicated on os 6" (1907). Shown but not indicated on os 6" (1954) (os).
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV267231.
Aph=raf 106g uk 1190/3204-3205(27/2/1946).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV267233.
Des=rowe, a. /buckland monachorum: a west devon down & its history/(1999)19/copy in pf.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Openwork visible on RAF 1946 aerial image at SX 5145 6848.
Rowe, A. E., 1994, Buckland Monachorum Landscape Study, 10 (Un-published). SDV340420.
Group of four pits shown on map.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV267230 | Migrated Record: |
SDV267231 | Aerial Photograph: |
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SDV267233 | 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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SDV340420 | Un-published: Rowe, A. E.. 1994. Buckland Monachorum Landscape Study. Buckland Monachorum Landscape Study. A4 Bound + Digital. 10. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV4731 | Related to: North Roborough Down Tin Mine (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Aug 14 2023 2:56PM |
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