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| HER Number: | MDV63568 |
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| Name: | Embankment: part of the unfinished Merrivale Light Railway |
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Summary
A 250 metre stretch of stone railway embankment running east-west is all that survives of the 'Merrivale Light Railway' which was never completed.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 550 753 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Whitchurch |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WHITCHURCH |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork and building remains of the Merrivale Bridge Mine
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX57NE145
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1506338
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/256
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EMBANKMENT (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD to 1901 AD (Between))
- MOUND (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Dartmoor Tinworking Research Group, 1993, Dartmoor Tinworking Research Group Newsletter number 5, 5-8 (Article in Serial). SDV225378.
Fieldwork and survey at Wheal Fortune Mine, May 1993.
A 250m stretch of stone railway embankment running east-west from ngr sx54887544 to ngr sx55127532 is all that survives of the 'merrivale light railway' which was never completed.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Visible on the aerial photography.
Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.
Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website, Accessed 26/04/2021 (Website). SDV364039.
The remains of a large linear mound of spoil of probable Post-Medieval date is probably associated with nearby tin mining or field clearance can be seen centred at approximately SX 5505 7538 on aerial photographs. The mound is located south-east of numerous tin mining shafts and may be associated with these. Additionally, the fields which immediately surround the mound have been cleared of and stone clearance could also account for its presence. This feature is visible on aerial photographs taken by English Heritage in 2007 as part of the Reconnaissance Recording Programme (Oblique aerial photograph reference number, NMR SX 5575/11 NMR 24529/45 25-JAN-2007).
NMP, post-1985, Dartmoor NMP Transcription data (Cartographic). SDV364293.
Western end of a linear feature marked as 'spoil heap' depicted on the GIS based on the Dartmoor pre-NMP work.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV225378 | Article in Serial: Dartmoor Tinworking Research Group. 1993. Dartmoor Tinworking Research Group Newsletter number 5. Dartmoor Tinworking Research Group Newsletter. 5. 5-8. |
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| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. |
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| SDV357601 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2015. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #97357 Section of the feature depicted on the modern mapping, ] |
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| SDV364039 | Website: Historic England. 2021-2022. NRHE to HER website. https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/NRHE. Website. Accessed 26/04/2021. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8687 - EH Aerial Reconnaissance (South): 2006-07
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 26 2021 3:14PM |
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