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HER Number: | MDV29088 |
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Name: | Tower north-east of Kestor Inn, Manaton |
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Summary
Forty five foot high circular granite tower in prominent position approximately 200 metres north-east of the Kestor Inn thought to have been constructed as an observatory in around 1900.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 757 808 |
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Map Sheet: | SX78SE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Manaton |
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District | Teignbridge |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | MANATON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78SE/196
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TOWER (Constructed, XIX - 1900 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
Griffiths, R. W., 1986, Observatory Tower, Manaton (Correspondence). SDV284911.
Forty five foot high circular granite tower in prominent position approximately 200 metres north-east of the Kestor Inn.
Believed to have been built circa 1900 as a working observatory. The observation platform is reached by a series of four flights of internal oak stairs. The tower is structurally sound but the platform and the internal stairs are now unsafe and the telescope mount and dome are no longer there.
In 1983 there was interest from the Amenities and Countryside Office and Dartmoor National Park in preserving the tower and possibly using it as a viewing point.
(Clerk to Manaton Parish Council)
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Tower is visible on the aerial photography.
Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.
Depicted on the modern mapping as 'Chy' (chimney).
Sources / Further Reading
SDV284911 | Correspondence: Griffiths, R. W.. 1986. Observatory Tower, Manaton. Letter. Digital. |
SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. |
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SDV350786 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #86377 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Nov 4 2013 11:37AM |
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