MEM15303 - Level crossing 7, Gupworthy (Monument)

Summary

Fomer level crossing and tramroad overbridge between roadway and "The Square".

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Type and Period (1)

Protected Status

Full Description

Level crossing between position of former overbridge 4 and "The Square". Agricultural buildings erected on the trackbed immediately to the east of the roadway. [1] Location of a former level crossing and to the west small overbridge that carried a tramroad from the mineshaft to the spoil dumps on the south side of the line. No remains of either structure survive. [2]

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Report: The Hartley Conservation Partnership + David Sekers Consulting Partnership. 2004. West Somerset Mineral Railway Conservation Plan.
  • <2> Report: Jones, M.H.. 1995. Report on Proposed Low-Key Visitor Access to Industrial Sites on the Brendon Hills. P.11.

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Other Statuses/References

  • Local List Status (Unassessed)
  • National Park: Exmoor National Park

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SS 9668 3528 (18m by 28m) (Approximate)
Map sheet SS93NE
Civil Parish BROMPTON REGIS, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

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Record last edited

Mar 20 2014 3:25PM

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