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Summary

A quarry of probable 19th century date is depicted on 19th to 20th century maps and is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s. The quarry is obscured by trees but remains identifiable as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019.A quarry of probable 19th century date is depicted on 19th to 20th century maps and is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s. The quarry is obscured by trees but remains identifiable as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65SE/92

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY (Post Medieval to Edwardian - 1540 AD to 1904 AD (Between))

Full description

1969, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV155157.

'old quarry' indicated on os 6" (1906). Quarry shown but not indicated on os 6" (1969) (os).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV155158.

Des=os 6"(1906)sheet 125se.

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

The pit is depicted within Plot 928, Tor Park.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

The pit is depicted and annotated as 'Quarry'.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

The pit is depicted and annotated as 'Old Quarry'.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FS 2191-2192 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

The pit is visible but largely obscured by tree cover.

Environment Agency, 2019, National Lidar Programme, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM 25-FEB-2019 (Cartographic). SDV363691.

The pit is identifiable as an earthwork.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

A quarry of probable post-medieval to 19th century date is depicted on 19th to 20th century maps and is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s. The quarry is obscured by trees but remains identifiable as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019.
As the pit is depicted on historic maps the earthwork was not transcribed by the survey.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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