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| HER Number: | MDV28248 |
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| Name: | Open cut on North Roborough Down |
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Summary
Marked as 'old quarry' on historic maps.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 510 690 |
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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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| Civil Parish | Horrabridge |
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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/100
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- OPEN CUT (Early Medieval to XXI - 1066 AD to 2009 AD)
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV267271.
Des=os 6"(1907)112nw. 'old quarries' indicated on os 6"(1907). Shown but not indicated on os 6" (1954) (os).
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV267272.
Aph=raf 106g uk 1190/3204-3205(27/2/1946).
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 SX51096905.
Rowe, A. E., 1994, Buckland Monachorum Landscape Study, 10 (Un-published). SDV340420.
Rowe, A., 1999, Buckland Monachorum: A West Devon Down and its History, 19 (Monograph). SDV262805.
Group of four pits shown on map.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV262805 | Monograph: Rowe, A.. 1999. Buckland Monachorum: A West Devon Down and its History. Buckland Monachorum: a West Devon Down and its History. Paperback Volume. 19. |
| SDV267271 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV267272 | Aerial Photograph: |
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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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| 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: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 14 2023 2:59PM |
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