THE QUARRY AT PRINCETOWN GAOL

Princetown Prison's quarry, also known as Herne Hole Quarry, is some 600m North West of the Prison gate. This posed image shows a derrick used for lifting stone blocks and a prion cart used for moving the stone blocks or setts worked by the prisoners. Note the prison warders in dark uniforms with their swords. Those with sid hats, waistcoats and puttees are prisoners. The quarry was created sometime after 1806 when the contract was let to build a prison to hold French Prisoners of War. Work was completed in 1809. The photograph kindly provided by Grahame Coker, would seem to be the central part of a postcard dated 1860 shown in the Legendary Dartmoor website https://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/herne-hole.htm .