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Summary

Emsworthy Rocks East Quarry also known as Harrow Barrow Quarry and part of 19th century Haytor Granite Quarries

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks and stone walls of a Bronze age parallel reave system on Haytor Down with a number of hut circle settlements, enclosures and prehistoric cairns, plus 19th century Bagtor Tin Mine

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NE/72
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1963, Ordnance Survey 1963 6 inch map (Cartographic). SDV60736.

'Quarries (disused)' marked on 1963 map.

Devon County Council + Teignbridge District Council, 1985, Haytor Granite Tramway and Stover Canal (Report - non-specific). SDV349496.

Harris, H., 1994, The Haytor Granite Tramway and Stover Canal, 20-21 (Monograph). SDV341541.

Harrow Barrow granite quarry. Part of Haytor Quarries developed by George Templer from 1813. Ceased in use in late 1850's. Reached by branch of the granite tramway. May have been earliest workings at Haytor and used for making the tramway setts.

Newman, P., 2002, Haytor Down, Ilsington, Devon, 29,Figure 14 (Report - Survey). SDV346395.

Emsworthy Rocks East Quarry, Harrow Barrow. Small group of quarries on the north side of the eastern Emsworthy outcrop where work focused on four modest faces. All four faces were served by spurs from the tramway. Overburden is dumped adjacent to the working areas. A small outlying quarry associated with this group was connected by a well worn track but may have been unsuccessful judging by the huge quantity of waste stone dumped in and around the working.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 2002, Haytor Down: The Archaeology (Plan - measured). SDV359685.

Area of small quarries within a triangle at Emsworthy Rocks with a small isolated quarry to the east.

English Heritage, 2005, Survey Information (miscellaneous date) (Report - Survey). SDV345855.

Areas of quarrying shown on survey. Map object based partly on this source.

Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.

Areas of quarrying shown on modern mapping. Shown as 'Refuse Tip (disused). Map object based partly on this source.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7021 - Haytor Down: Survey Report (Ref: A1/2/1999)

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