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Summary

The Haytor granite tramway met the Stover Canal at Ventiford Wharf at this location

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX87SW/206

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TRAMWAY (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

HARRIS, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV22166.

At ventiford the railway line passes between the stover canal and the granite tramway. Re-used tramway stone can be seen in some of the walls at ventiford. The tramway terminated on the quay on the w side of the canal. The railway embankment has obliterated it but the base of a crane is still visible beneath an overgrown mound. Built by george templer who was developing the haytor quarries from 1813. Total of 10 miles of tramway including branches. Individual track blocks were of cut granite, averaging 5' long (harris).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287079.

Pye, a. R. /an archaeological assessment of the stover and hackney canals and hackney quay/(1991)6/(emafu report 91.16)/fig 9.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287080.

Thomas, d. St. J. /a regional history of railways of great britain/1(1981) 86-88.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287081.

Des=dcc/haytor granite tramway and stover canal/(1985)9/plates.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287082.

Dro=county bridges plans vol iii/qs 91/3.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287083.

Harris, h. /the haytor granite tramway and stover canal/(1994)49,51.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287084.

Dcc + teignbridge dc/haytor granite tramway and stover canal/(1985).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287085.

Gent, t. /rivers teign & bovey diversion/(1996)11/(ea report 96.24).

THOMAS, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV399.

Haytor granite tramway met stover canal at ventiford wharf at above ngr (thomas).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV40159.

Best seen near haytor quarry, where the tracks and points are clearly discernible (dcc).

Pye, A., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV7765.

Built 1820, linking ventiford basin with haytor quarries. Its course where it adjoins the basin (sx87sw/167) is depicted on several plans, including 1838 tm, which shows it as a single line down into the w side of ventiford basin.1848 plan shows it branching into 2 immediately s of a bridge carrying it over the ventiford brook. This may indicate that branches ran down both sides of the basin. However, on an 1861 plan it is not shown to s of brook, although its course is aligned on the w side of the basin. The tramway was abandoned by 1858 and the section around the basin may have been removed by 1861. Its course has been directly overlain by the later railway embankment (pye).

Reed, S. J. + Turton, S. D., 2001, Archaeological Assessment of Bovey Basin Mineral Site. Part 1 Overview, 18, 21 (Report - Assessment). SDV336226.

Other details: Figure 5, site 53; figure 6, site 3.

Horner, B., 2016, Stover Canal Excavations (Ground Photograph). SDV359864.

Photos of the Haytor Granite Tramway at Stover Canal Basin, Ventiford.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV22166	Migrated Record: HARRIS.
SDV287079	Migrated Record:
SDV287080	Migrated Record:
SDV287081	Migrated Record:
SDV287082	Migrated Record:
SDV287083	Migrated Record:
SDV287084	Migrated Record:
SDV287085	Migrated Record:
SDV336226	Report - Assessment: Reed, S. J. + Turton, S. D.. 2001. Archaeological Assessment of Bovey Basin Mineral Site. Part 1 Overview. Exeter Archaeology Report. 01.80. A4 Stapled + Digital. 18, 21.
SDV359864	Ground Photograph: Horner, B.. 2016. Stover Canal Excavations. Digital.
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SDV399	Migrated Record: THOMAS.
SDV40159	Migrated Record:
SDV7765	Migrated Record: Pye, A..

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4912 - Archaeological Assessment of Bovey Basin Mineral Site
• EDV6612 - Archaeological Excavations at Ventiford Basin on the Stover Canal, Teigngrace

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