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| HER Number: | MDV112884 |
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| Name: | Cut Lane Peat Pass, Dartmoor Forest |
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Summary
Peat pass or trackway of 280 metres was designed to provide a drier route through the blanket bog north of Cut Hill. Not a Phillpotts peat pass.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 598 832 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PEAT PASS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD)
Full description
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 111, Map 33 (Monograph). SDV219155.
'Cut Lane' on the route from Postbridge to Okehampton or to Lydford is older than the Phillpotts passes and provides an alternative to the Lych Way.
Sandles, T., 2014-2019, Legendary Dartmoor, Accessed in 2015 (Website). SDV356498.
Cut Lane peat pass (SX599832 - 587832)
From east to west the 'lane' is about 219 metres long. This was not a Phillpotts peat pass as it is an ancient cut that links the Tavy and East Dart countries.
Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.
Depicted on the modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 111, Map 33. |
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| SDV356498 | Website: Sandles, T.. 2014-2019. Legendary Dartmoor. http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk. Website. Accessed in 2015. |
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| SDV357601 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2015. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #72241 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7620 - Okehampton Artillary Range
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
- EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
- EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 16 2023 1:30PM |
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