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Summary

Site of a tramway built to provide a link between the New Florence Iron Mine on Exmoor and the Devon and Somerset Railway at South Molton. Much of the line of the tramway is now trackway

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks and bridge associated with the New Florence Mine Tramway, North Molton

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS73SW/6/3
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TRAMWAY (XVIII to XIX - 1751 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

SS73SE/504, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV63538.

Tramway built to provide a link between the florence mine (ss73se/504) and the devon and somerset railway at north molton.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV63539.

Des=dixon, d. /mining and the community in the parishes of north molton, south molton, molland and twitchen, devonshire/(1983)273/in smr.

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

New Florence Mine Trameway marked running from the New Florence Iron Mine on Radworthy Down on Exmoor along the valley of the River Mole to join with the Devon and Somerset railway at South Molton. Map object based on this source (Devon section only).

Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.

Much of the line of the old tramway is now trackway.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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