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| HER Number: | MDV46494 |
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| Name: | Teignbridge Lock |
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Summary
Teignbridge lock. The first lock on stover canal upstream from jetty marsh. After the construction of the railway in 1862-66 it became the commercial terminus of the canal, replacing ventiford basin (sx87sw/167). The lock originally had sloping earthen sides, and was built to take 2 barges end to end. The difference is recorded as being only 0.15m (citing ewans).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 856 733 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX87SE |
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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: SX87SE/345
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LOCK (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
HARRIS, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV22166.
The lock is infilled and overgrown (harris).
CITING EWANS, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV286459.
Teignbridge lock. The first lock on stover canal upstream from jetty marsh. After the construction of the railway in 1862-66 it became the commercial terminus of the canal, replacing ventiford basin (sx87sw/167). The lock originally had sloping earthen sides, and was built to take 2 barges end to end. The difference is recorded as being only 0.15m (citing ewans).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV286462.
Pye, a. R. /an archaeological assessment of the stover and hackney canals and hackney quay/(1991)8/(emafu report 91.16)/figs 5,9,11, plates 8-10.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV286463.
Ewans, m. C. /the haytor granite tramway and stover canal/(1977)15.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV286464.
Harris, h. /the haytor granite tramway and stover canal/(1994)53-4.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV286465.
British waterways/stover canal strategic study/(jan 2001)18/in smr.
Pye, A., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV7765.
Later rebuilt with vertical timber walls. Little is now visible, as it is being infilled with material from the scrapyard to the w. Remains of the lock gates may be visible when the water level is low (pye).
Reed, S. J. + Turton, S. D., 2001, Archaeological Assessment of Bovey Basin Mineral Site. Part 1 Overview, 24, 28 (Report - Assessment). SDV336226.
Other details: Figure 6, site 34; figure 7, site 24.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV22166 | Migrated Record: HARRIS. |
| SDV286459 | Migrated Record: CITING EWANS. |
| SDV286462 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV286463 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV286464 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV286465 | 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. 24, 28. |
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| SDV7765 | Migrated Record: Pye, A.. |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4912 - Archaeological Assessment of Bovey Basin Mineral Site
| Date Last Edited: | May 31 2013 9:35AM |
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