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| HER Number: | MDV30612 |
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| Name: | Port Way to north-west of Dawlish |
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Summary
Port Way coincides with the Dawlish-Ashcombe/Mamhead parish boundaries. The earliest documentary evidence to the road is in a charter of 1044 in which it is referred to as the Port Straete. The implication, therefore, is that it is Roman in origin since the Old English term 'straete' referred to a road of Roman origin. It has been suggested that it is an ancient British road. However, it appears to respect Castle Dyke.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 93 78 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX97NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Ashcombe |
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| Civil Parish | Bishopsteignton |
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| Civil Parish | Dawlish |
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| Civil Parish | Mamhead |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ASHCOMBE |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | DAWLISH |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MAMHEAD |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BISHOPSTEIGNTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX97NW/88
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ROAD (Roman to XI - 43 AD to 1100 AD (Between))
Full description
WILLIAMS, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV22693.
Williams proposes that the port way may be part of a prehistoric track running across much of the s of england. Route from r teign to exeter, and branch from willand to exeter described (williams).
SX97NW/1, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV315086.
Port way. Supposed british road" marked on os 6" (1904) map. Respects castle dyke (sx97nw/1) (os).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV315088.
Des=ntas/little haldon/(august 1984)/in smr.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV315089.
Des=os 6"(1904)102sw.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV315090.
Sheldon, g. /from trackway to turnpike/(1928).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV315091.
Williams, t. /(1992)/the port way/in pf.
National Trust, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV5615.
Vis=estimated -/-/1984 (national trust). Earliest documentary evidence of the road is in a grant by edward the confessor to leofric in 1044. Shown as part of the boundary of the lands named in the charter, for a distance of 3 miles, and coincided for the same distance with the limit of the ancient parish of dawlish. In the deed of 1044 it is referred to as the straete and the port straete; the implication is that the road was a roman road, since the old english term straete referred to a road of roman origin. The term port may derive in this instance from the latin word for gate. Also interpreted as a road that was originally a pre-roman track between salisbury and liskeard. Probably an ancient track adopted by the romans (national trust).
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Port Way (Supposed British Road) marked.
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
Port Way (Supposed British Road) marked.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV22693 | Migrated Record: WILLIAMS. |
| SDV315086 | Migrated Record: SX97NW/1. |
| SDV315088 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV315089 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV315090 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV315091 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #86929 ] |
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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV5615 | Migrated Record: National Trust. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV9783 | Related to: Castle Dyke in Tower Plantation, Ashcombe and Dawlish (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 18 2017 3:55PM |
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