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HER Number: | MDV46489 |
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Name: | Section of the Haytor Granite Tramway in the Parish of Teigngrace |
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Summary
The Haytor granite tramway met the Stover Canal at Ventiford Wharf at this location
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 848 748 |
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Map Sheet: | SX87SW |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Teigngrace |
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District | Teignbridge |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | TEIGNGRACE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX87SW/206
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TRAMWAY (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
HARRIS, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV22166.
At ventiford the railway line passes between the stover canal and the granite tramway. Re-used tramway stone can be seen in some of the walls at ventiford. The tramway terminated on the quay on the w side of the canal. The railway embankment has obliterated it but the base of a crane is still visible beneath an overgrown mound. Built by george templer who was developing the haytor quarries from 1813. Total of 10 miles of tramway including branches. Individual track blocks were of cut granite, averaging 5' long (harris).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287079.
Pye, a. R. /an archaeological assessment of the stover and hackney canals and hackney quay/(1991)6/(emafu report 91.16)/fig 9.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287080.
Thomas, d. St. J. /a regional history of railways of great britain/1(1981) 86-88.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287081.
Des=dcc/haytor granite tramway and stover canal/(1985)9/plates.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287082.
Dro=county bridges plans vol iii/qs 91/3.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287083.
Harris, h. /the haytor granite tramway and stover canal/(1994)49,51.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287084.
Dcc + teignbridge dc/haytor granite tramway and stover canal/(1985).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287085.
Gent, t. /rivers teign & bovey diversion/(1996)11/(ea report 96.24).
THOMAS, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV399.
Haytor granite tramway met stover canal at ventiford wharf at above ngr (thomas).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV40159.
Best seen near haytor quarry, where the tracks and points are clearly discernible (dcc).
Pye, A., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV7765.
Built 1820, linking ventiford basin with haytor quarries. Its course where it adjoins the basin (sx87sw/167) is depicted on several plans, including 1838 tm, which shows it as a single line down into the w side of ventiford basin.1848 plan shows it branching into 2 immediately s of a bridge carrying it over the ventiford brook. This may indicate that branches ran down both sides of the basin. However, on an 1861 plan it is not shown to s of brook, although its course is aligned on the w side of the basin. The tramway was abandoned by 1858 and the section around the basin may have been removed by 1861. Its course has been directly overlain by the later railway embankment (pye).
Reed, S. J. + Turton, S. D., 2001, Archaeological Assessment of Bovey Basin Mineral Site. Part 1 Overview, 18, 21 (Report - Assessment). SDV336226.
Other details: Figure 5, site 53; figure 6, site 3.
Horner, B., 2016, Stover Canal Excavations (Ground Photograph). SDV359864.
Photos of the Haytor Granite Tramway at Stover Canal Basin, Ventiford.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV22166 | Migrated Record: HARRIS. |
SDV287079 | Migrated Record: |
SDV287080 | Migrated Record: |
SDV287081 | Migrated Record: |
SDV287082 | Migrated Record: |
SDV287083 | Migrated Record: |
SDV287084 | Migrated Record: |
SDV287085 | Migrated Record: |
SDV336226 | Report - Assessment: Reed, S. J. + Turton, S. D.. 2001. Archaeological Assessment of Bovey Basin Mineral Site. Part 1 Overview. Exeter Archaeology Report. 01.80. A4 Stapled + Digital. 18, 21. |
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SDV359864 | Ground Photograph: Horner, B.. 2016. Stover Canal Excavations. Digital. |
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| Linked images:21 |
SDV399 | Migrated Record: THOMAS. |
SDV40159 | Migrated Record: |
SDV7765 | Migrated Record: Pye, A.. |
Associated Monuments
MDV19593 | Related to: Haytor Granite Tramway (Monument) |
MDV9120 | Related to: Moretonhampstead Branch Line Railway from Newton Abbot to Heathfield (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4912 - Archaeological Assessment of Bovey Basin Mineral Site
- EDV6612 - Archaeological Excavations at Ventiford Basin on the Stover Canal, Teigngrace
Date Last Edited: | Nov 3 2016 3:47PM |
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