Quarry with ruined buildings, Selworthy Beacon, Holnicote Estate

Record ID:  115534 / MNA167647
Record type:  Monument
Protected Status: None Recorded
NT Property:  Holnicote Estate; South West
Civil Parish:  Minehead Without; West Somerset; Somerset
Grid Reference:  SS 9282 4765
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Summary

A large quarry, with (now demolished) buildings, lies immediately north of the Hill Road, east of the turning to West Myne Farm. The buildings were associated with Second World War tank training ranges situated close to the quarry.

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Monument Types

  • QUARRY (Mid 20th C - 1940 AD to 1945 AD)

Description

A large quarry lies immediately north of the Hill Road, east of the turning to West Myne Farm. Buildings associated with the organisation of the World War II tank training ranges were situated close to the quarry. They have been bulldozed and the remnants formed into a level platform south of the quarry, it has a 40m long scarp that is 1.6m high. [1]

The buildins were not Visible on historical aerial photographs viewed as part of the Severn Estuary RCZAS mapping project [Source 2]. Further information, sources and photograph references are available in the Exmoor National Park HER record MSO8104. [2-3]

References

  • SNA69537 - Report: Crowther, S and Dickson, A. 2008. Severn Estuary Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: National Mapping Programme. 1132593.

  • SNA69539 - Collection: Exmoor National Park Authority. Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record (HER). MSO8104.

  • SZN48220 - Unpublished document: Isabel Richardson. 2001. Holnicote Estate Archaeological Survey, Somerset. [Mapped feature: #180893 ]

Designations

None Recorded

Other Statuses and References

  • HER/SMR Reference (External): MSO8104 Exmoor National Park HER
  • National Park (Exmoor)

Associated Events

  • ENA3149 - Field Survey, Archaeological Survey of the Holnicote Estate 2001

Associated Finds

None Recorded

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