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Summary

Large quarry appears to have been a major source of stone. Its absence on the early edition Ordnance Survey map suggests its origins date to the early 20th century. Currently inaccessible having been fenced off for safety but a very large spoil heap is present to the east.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX69SE69
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1476194
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SE/156
• Pastscape: 1476194

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• STONE QUARRY (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/138, 5442 (Aerial Photograph). SDV238391.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Quarry visible on aerial photograph on the edge of a field system.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, Map 39, Figure 39.1 (Monograph). SDV219155.

'Quarry' in two sections shown to the north-east of 'Throwleigh Common settlement'.

Newman, P., 2007, Throwleigh Common, Throwleigh, Devon. A 'Premier Archaeological Landscape' within Dartmoor National Park Level 2 Survey Report, 6, figure (Report - Survey). SDV360261.

(30/05/2007) Large quarry at SX6586 9104 appears to have been a major source of stone. Its absence on the early edition Ordnance Survey map suggests its origins date to the early 20th century. Currently inaccessible having been fenced off for safety but a very large spoil heap is present to the east. Map object based on this source.

Ordnance Survey, 2017, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359962.

Depicted on the modern mapping. Map object based on this source.

National Monument Record, 2017, Pastscape (Website). SDV359964.

A disused quarry on the north-east slope of Throwleigh Common. The quarry pit is approximately 30 metres by 28 metres and has steep faces on the south, west and north sides. An opening on the north-east side accommodated a tramway which leads to a large, flat-topped spoil mound of 42 metres long by up to 20 metres wide and 5 metres high. The interior of the quarry is now waterlogged and filled with vegetation. The pit has been fenced off and is inaccessible (citing Newman, P., 30/05/2007, English Heritage Archaeological Field Investigation).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7297 - Survey of Throwleigh Common Premier Archaeological Landscape

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