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| HER Number: | MDV102149 |
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| Name: | Former road to the south of Abbotsham Court, Abbotsham |
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Summary
The remains of a former road of possible medieval origin are visible on aerial photographs of 1945 onwards, as an earthwork holloway to the south of Abbotsham Court, Abbotsham.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 414 274 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS42NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Abbotsham |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ABBOTSHAM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ROAD (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1890 AD)
Full description
George Braund and Henry Hearn, 1840, The Parish of Abbotsham in the county of Devon surveyed for the commutation of Tithe (Cartographic). SDV349348.
A road is marked on the tithe map.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
The road is not marked in this locatio and appears to have been rerouted to the east.
Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/LA/132, NMR RAF/106G/UK/LA132 5054-5055 14-FEB-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349061.
Eathwork banks and ditches are visible.
Next Perspectives, 2007, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS4127 04-MAY-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349344.
Low eathwork banks and hollows are visible
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
The remains of a former road are visible on aerial photographs of 1945 onwards, as an earthwork holloway or track on a slight hill to the south of Abbotsham Court, Abbotsham. The north-west to south-east orientated earthwork is probably the same as the plot of land marked on the 1840 tithe map for Abbotsham as a road, leading south from the enclosed meadows of ‘Shebbear Town’, now Abbotsham Court, to the main road. This route probably passed out of use with the creation of Abbotsham Court Farm to the south, as depicted on the Ordnance Survey 25inch first edition map of the 1880s-1890s. The earthworks appear somewhat lower but remain visible on aerial photographs of 2007.
Sources / Further Reading
| 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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| SDV349018 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S.. 2011 - 2012. North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. ACD383/2/1. Digital. |
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| SDV349061 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1945. RAF/106G/LA/132. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/LA132 5054-5055 14-FEB-1945. |
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| SDV349344 | Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2007. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS4127 04-MAY-2007. |
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| SDV349348 | Cartographic: George Braund and Henry Hearn. 1840. The Parish of Abbotsham in the county of Devon surveyed for the commutation of Tithe. Tithe Map. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 28 2017 12:44PM |
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