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| HER Number: | MDV29572 |
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| Name: | Quarries north-west of Dean Prior |
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Summary
Depicted on the Tithe Map and later historic maps, they are not labelled as quarries. That to the south has been back filled and recorded as cropmark in 1984.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 723 638 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX76SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dean Prior |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | DEAN PRIOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX76SW/121
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- QUARRY (XVIII to XIX - 1751 AD? to 1840 AD (Between))
Full description
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.
Tithe Map shows two features here; the first is in plot 242; 'Broom Park and Pit' and is shown as a roughly semi-circular feature adjacent to a field boundary, the second, to the north in plot 339; 'Quarry Park and quarry' is approximately circular in shape.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Two pit / quarry areas shown on the late 19th century historic map.
Griffith, F. M., 1984, DAP/BV, 9 (11/7/1984) (Aerial Photograph). SDV296237.
Southern feature subsequently back filled and recorded as cropmark.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV296237 | Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1984. DAP/BV. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 9 (11/7/1984). |
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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). [Mapped features: #86500 ; #86501 ] |
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| SDV359954 | Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 22 2018 11:13AM |
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