Meldon Quarry
Meldon Quarry is a granite quarry in Devon, England. It is at the northern edge of Dartmoor, about 2 miles SW of Okehampton. It was developed from 1897 to supply track ballast and other stone products for the London and South Western Railway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Andrew Hackney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Quarry
- Description: granite quarry in Devon, England
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Meldon Viaduct and Meldon Viaduct railway station.
Meldon Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Tina Cordon, CC BY 3.0.
Meldon Viaduct is a disused railway viaduct crossing the West Okement River at Meldon, 2+1⁄2 miles south-west of Okehampton, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, South West England. Meldon Viaduct is situated 2,400 feet west of Meldon Quarry.
Meldon Viaduct railway station
Station
Photo: Andrew Hackney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Meldon Viaduct railway station was a railway station at Meldon in Devon. It was renamed in 2015 from Meldon Quarry railway station. Meldon Viaduct railway station is situated 1,700 feet west of Meldon Quarry.
Betty Cottles Inn
Hotel
Photo: Mr Ignavy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Betty Cottles Inn is a hotel, which is situated 3,800 feet northwest of Meldon Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meldon and Rowtor Target Railway.
Meldon
Hamlet
Photo: Seglea, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Meldon is a hamlet in West Devon, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England. It is 4 km south-west of Okehampton. Its main features are the Meldon Quarry and Meldon Reservoir and the nearby Meldon Viaduct.
Rowtor Target Railway
Locality
Photo: Richard Knights, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Rowtor Target Railway was a military narrow gauge target railway south of Okehampton in Dartmoor, England, with a gauge of 24 inches. Rowtor Target Railway is situated 1½ miles southeast of Meldon Quarry.
Okehampton
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Okehampton is a market town in Dartmoor, Devon, England, on the edge of Dartmoor National Park with direct access onto the moor.
Meldon Quarry
- Categories: granite quarry and industry
- Location: Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.71472° or 50° 42′ 53″ northLongitude
-4.02436° or 4° 1′ 28″ westElevation
928 feet (283 metres)Operator
Bardon AggregatesOpen location code
9C2QPX7G+V7OpenStreetMap ID
way 51692726OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarryGeoNames ID
6955244Wikidata ID
Q16933115
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Meldon Quarry” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Meldon Quarry”
- Swedish: “Meldon Quarry”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Meldon Quarry”. Photo: Andrew Hackney, CC BY-SA 2.0.