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| HER Number: | MDV37304 |
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| Name: | Milestone north-east of Green Lane junction, Bovey Tracey |
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Summary
Milestone inscribed with '6'; indicating the distance to the termination of the granite tramway at Teigngrace. Microchipped.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 780 773 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Bovey Tracey |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BOVEY TRACEY |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NE/21/1
- Old Listed Building Ref (II)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MILESTONE (XIX - 1820 AD to 1858 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
'B.S', (boundary stone) depicted on the late 19th century map.
Adams, E. A., 1946, The Old Heytor Granite Railway, 154, plate (Article in Serial). SDV341504.
Milestone on the Haytor granite tramway indicating six miles to its termination at Teigngrace.
Devon County Council, 1988, Templer Way Guide for the Walker (Leaflet). SDV341502.
Harris, H., 1994, The Haytor Granite Tramway and Stover Canal, 45 (Monograph). SDV341541.
Well-preserved milestone inscribed with '6' at SX779773.
Stanbrook, E., 2003, Dartmoor's vanished railways; The Haytor Granite Tramway (Article in Serial). SDV282596.
Byng, B., 2005, Dartmoor National Park. Phase 2 Microchip Project. Vulnerable Roadside Artefacts (Un-published). SDV357004.
Microchipped 14/12/2005.
Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.
Location of boundary stone indicated on the modern mapping, although not annotated.
English Heritage, 2013, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV350785.
Milestone and section of track of granite tramway on north-west side of road to Haytor, about 90m north-east of junction with road to Green Lane. Milestone and section of track belonging to former granite tramway from Haytor quarry to Stover Canal. 1820s. Granite. Low granite post with roughly shaped head, carved with the figure 6 which represents the number of miles from the canal. About 1½ metres in front of it a short stretch of granite trackway. The Granite Tramway was opened in 1820 for horse-drawn wagons carrying granite from Haytor quarries to the Stover Canal, whence it was taken by barge to the port of Teignmouth.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV282596 | Article in Serial: Stanbrook, E.. 2003. Dartmoor's vanished railways; The Haytor Granite Tramway. Dartmoor Magazine. 71. Digital. |
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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). |
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| SDV341502 | Leaflet: Devon County Council. 1988. Templer Way Guide for the Walker. Templer Way Guides. Leaflet. |
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| SDV341504 | Article in Serial: Adams, E. A.. 1946. The Old Heytor Granite Railway. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 78. A5 Hardback. 154, plate. |
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| SDV341541 | Monograph: Harris, H.. 1994. The Haytor Granite Tramway and Stover Canal. The Haytor Granite Tramway and Stover Canal. A5 Paperback. 45. |
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| SDV350785 | National Heritage List for England: English Heritage. 2013. National Heritage List for England. Historic Houses Register. Digital. |
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| SDV350786 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #21817 ] |
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| SDV357004 | Un-published: Byng, B.. 2005. Dartmoor National Park. Phase 2 Microchip Project. Vulnerable Roadside Artefacts. A4 Ring Bound. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV8068 | Related to: Haytor Granite Tramway, Haytor to Stover Canal (Monument) |
| MDV66001 | Related to: Inscribed boundary stone north of Green Lane junction, Bovey Tracey (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6557 - Microchip project - vulnerable roadside objects
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 14 2016 3:54PM |
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