2022

SX8675 : Clay Pits Way – climbing gently to the Fosterville turn

taken 2 years ago, near to Sandygate, Devon, England

Clay Pits Way – climbing gently to the Fosterville turn
Clay Pits Way – climbing gently to the Fosterville turn
The brooks crossed, the road comes into the shelter of a steep-sided high bund of quarry waste on the left, densely vegetated with gorse and young trees. Ahead, unfortunately, the road slices through mature oak woodland. The road was planned with an economic motive many years ago when environmental impact may have been less of a concern than it would be today.
Clay Pits Way

Clay Pits Way B3193 is a fast single-carriageway road (with cycle path) opened in 2014. It replaced the old B3193 Chudleigh Road through the clay pits on a new better-connected alignment, releasing a large area of land for further clay quarrying. A sign survives near the north end demonstrating the involvement of Dawnus, the construction company (collapsed into administration in 2019) and Sibelco UK, the quarrying company (and, it could be argued, the real client). The old road was closed north of Preston village. The southern end was retained as public highway for access to the village and renamed Lower Preston.

The fine clay is a valuable export. For more information please see the Shared Description about it Link


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Geographical Context: Lowlands Quarrying, Mining Roads, Road transport Road: B3193 Near: Kingsteignton Postcode District: TQ12
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SX8675, 30 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Robin Stott   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 26 April, 2022   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 30 June, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SX 8653 7508 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:33.8652N 3:36.2088W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SX 8655 7497
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