Milestone And Section Of Track Of Granite Tramway On North-West Side Of Road To Haytor, About 90M North-East Of Junction With Road To Green Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1986. Milestone, tramway section.
Milestone And Section Of Track Of Granite Tramway On North-West Side Of Road To Haytor, About 90M North-East Of Junction With Road To Green Lane
- WRENN ID
- spare-pier-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1986
- Type
- Milestone, tramway section
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BOVEY TRACEY SX 77 NE
4/19 Milestone and section of track of - granite tramway on north-west side of road to Haytor, about 90m north-east of junction with road - to Green Lane
II
Milestone and section of track belonging to former granite tramway from Haytor quarry to Stover Canal. 1820s. Granite. Low granite post with roughly shaped head, carved with the figure 6 which represents the number of miles from the canal. About 1½ metres in front of it a short stretch of granite trackway. The Granite Tramway was opened in 1820 for horse-drawn wagons carrying granite from Haytor quarries to the Stover Canal, whence it was taken by barge to the port of Teignmouth. Source: M C Ewans, The Haytor Granite Tramway, 1964.
Listing NGR: SX7807477377
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