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Haytor, also known as Haytor Rocks, [1] Hay Tor, or occasionally Hey Tor, [2] is a granite tor on the eastern edge of Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. Location
The Haytor Tramway was constructed to carry the granite the 10 miles (16 km) to the canal, which involved a falling vertical interval of 1,300 feet (400 m) to the basin of the Stover Canal. Its form was a close relative of a plateway , where longitudinal L-shaped metal plates were used to support and guide the wheels of wagons.
There were three major granite quarries on the moor: Haytor, Foggintor and Merrivale. The granite quarries around Haytor were the source of the stone used in several famous structures, including the New London Bridge, completed in 1831. This granite was transported from the moor via the Haytor Granite Tramway, stretches of which are still visible.
Granite at Haytor on Dartmoor Granite at Rough Tor on Bodmin Moor Granite outcrop at Land's End Granite at Trenemene, part of the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly The individual plutons that comprise the Cornubian Batholith can be broadly subdivided into five main lithologies: Two mica, Muscovite, Biotite, Tourmaline and Topaz granites, each ...
The Haytor quarries Apart from its agricultural history, Ilsington's industrial archaeology reflects the mining of the 18th and 19th centuries. The Atlas tin mine and the Smallacombe iron mine were major local enterprises – with the cottages at Lewthorne Cross being built for William Grose, the mine captain and mine workers.
The hundred of Haytor was the name of one of thirty two ancient administrative units of Devon, England. [1] The hundred covered the coastal area between the River Teign and River Dart . [ 2 ] It was likely named after a lost village located somewhere between Totnes and Newton Abbot.
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