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| HER Number: | MDV122670 |
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| Name: | Droveway from Manaton to Ashburton |
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Summary
Fox suggests that the lanes from Marldon to Ashburton, via Hemsford and Landscove, follow an ancient droveway from the hinterland of Paignton up onto Dartmoor. He comments on the directness of such droveways, which would have been used for driving cattle to summer pastures on the moor.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 810 664 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX86NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Ashburton |
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| Civil Parish | Berry Pomeroy |
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| Civil Parish | Ipplepen |
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| Civil Parish | Littlehempston |
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| Civil Parish | Marldon |
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| Civil Parish | Staverton |
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| District | South Hams |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | IPPLEPEN |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LITTLEHEMPSTON |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MARLDON |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BERRY POMEROY |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | STAVERTON |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BROADHEMPSTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- DROVE ROAD (Unknown date)
Full description
Fox, H., 2012, Dartmoor's Alluring Uplands: Transhumance and Pastoral Management in the Middle Ages, 194-209 (Monograph). SDV351360.
Fox suggests that the lanes from Marldon to Ashburton, via Hemsford and Landscove, follow an ancient droveway from the hinterland of Paignton up onto Dartmoor. He comments on the directness of such droveways, which would have been used for driving cattle to summer pastures on the moor and also on the number of field names ending 'way' or' aways' which reference the droveway.
Routes from Stoke Gabriel and Paignton are likely to have converged with the droveway from Marldon at Hemsford.
Ordnance Survey, 2018, MasterMap 2018 (Cartographic). SDV360652.
Modern lanes may follow the route of an ancient droveway.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV351360 | Monograph: Fox, H.. 2012. Dartmoor's Alluring Uplands: Transhumance and Pastoral Management in the Middle Ages. Dartmoor's Alluring Uplands: Transhumance and Pastoral Management in the Middle Ages. Paperback Volume. 194-209. |
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| SDV360652 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2018. MasterMap 2018. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #112933 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 12 2018 2:41PM |
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