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Haytor granite tramway is a early nineteenth-century transport infrastructure monument located on Haytor Down in Devon. Constructed around 1820 to facilitate the extraction and transport of granite from the local quarries, the tramway represents an important phase in the development of industrial stone working in the region. The structure comprises a stone-built railway with distinctive granite sleeper blocks and edge rails, engineered to convey heavy loads of granite down the slope toward Lusleigh. The tramway demonstrates the technological innovations employed in early industrial transport and remains a significant surviving example of Georgian-era quarrying infrastructure in Devon.
Haytor granite tramway is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002528. View the official record →
Haytor granite tramway is a early nineteenth-century transport infrastructure monument located on Haytor Down in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002528.
Haytor granite tramway is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1002528.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Halshanger and Horridge Commons, forming part of the Rippon Tor coaxial field system (3.1 km), Medieval farmstead 340m south east of Cold East Cross (4.5 km), Hut circles and fields on Buckland Common (5.2 km).
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