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Track page.
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Please read on for a full break down and explanation as to how the
quarries and tramway developed using my own field studies involving
an investigation of the tramway, spoil tips, quarries and other
topographical features. I have also considered the work of previous
authors very considerably. Details of other authors work can be accessed
using the links below. My comments are in red.
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|Helen Harris (1994) |Phil Newman et al (1999)| |Todd Gray (2001)| |
| Having read the precis' of the work by other authors, please move on to a breakdown of the chronolgy of the quarries and tramway updated in 2002. There is a short synopsis of each phase of development below with a link. Alternatively you could just move on to the next page. The links below, provide an easy way of jumping between the phases of development and are included as part of every page. |
| Phase 1; | The initial development of the more westerly quarries and Haytor itself for local stone, such as for the building of Stover House and Teigngrace Church. | |
| Phase 2; | The opening of Haytor Quarries around 1819 or possibly before. Quarry B developed first with several track and spoil configurations followed by Quarry A. The spoil from quarry A obliterated the original entrance to Quarry B, a new cut was made through the spoil of Quarry B to serve this quarry. | |
| Phase 3; | The opening of Middle Quarry by 1820. The north easterly entrance to Haytor Quarry B becomes redundant. | Phase 4; | The mid 1820's, the westerly quarries developed and track laid past Middle Quarry and Rubble Heap. | Phase 5; | By 1829 Quarry 1 at Holwell Tor was open, the westerly quarries were closed because of the poor quality of the granite available at these quarries. The setts were uplifted and used to develop resources at Holwell Tor. Middle Quarry and Haytor Quarry C still operational. | Phase 6; | Quarries effectively closed again by 1858. Haytor Quarry B re-opened in 1919 to supply stone for the Exeter War Memorial, the tramway was not used. |