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| HER Number: | MDV118949 |
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| Name: | Droveway at Sherberton Farm, Dartmoor Forest |
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Summary
Route westwards from Sherberton Farm, leading onto the moor, thought to be a droveway for moving livestock onto moorland grazing areas. May be medieval in date; Sherberton is though to date to the 14th century. Depicted on the Tithe Map, when a further network of trackways was also depicted.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 644 733 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67SW |
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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
- SHINE: Medieval or later trackway or droveroad from Sherberton Farm onto the open moor
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- DROVE ROAD (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD? to 1840 AD (Between))
Full description
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.
Trackway is depicted on the Tithe Map and leads west from Sherberton Farm towards the open moor at SX6426 73332, a less established track continuing on westwards, running south of Little Sherberton.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
The later 19th century historic map shows the trackway west of the farm running to the edge of the open moor. The map does not show the pathways continuing that are depicted on the Tithe Map.
Ordnance Survey, 2017, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359962.
Trackway is depicted on the modern mapping.
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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| SDV359954 | Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. |
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| SDV359962 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2017. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #78253 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV21713 | Related to: Sherberton Farm, Dartmoor Forest (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 11 2017 10:14AM |
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