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| HER Number: | MDV122847 |
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| Name: | Pre-enclosure footpaths north-west of Thorne Cross Farm, Chudleigh |
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Summary
Former footpaths or trackways of probable Pre-enclosure date are visible on aerial photographs of 1946 as earthworks crossing the south-west facing slopes north-west of Thorne Cross Farm, Chudleigh. The earthworks have probably been levelled.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 898 811 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX88SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Chudleigh |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CHUDLEIGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TRACKWAY (Post Medieval to XXI - 1540 AD to 2016 AD (Between))
- TRACKWAY (Post Medieval to XXI - 1540 AD to 2016 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RP 3012-3013 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352344.
Curvilinear hollows are visible as shallow earthworks.
Next Perspectives, 2015-2017, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX8981 23-08-2016 (Aerial Photograph). SDV361515.
The hollows are not identifiable as earthworks.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2018-2019, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (Interpretation). SDV361305.
Three narrow and curvilinear earthwork hollows are visible as earthworks up to circa 600m long and between 2 to 10m wide, crossing the south-west facing slopes to the north-west of Thorne Cross Farm, Chudleigh. The southernmost earthwork corresponds with a footpath depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25inch map of circa 1880. It is therefore likely that the remaining two hollows are also evidence of such routes. The field in which the earthworks are visible is listed as heath on the Tithe Apportionment for Chudleigh and it is probable that the footpaths predate the enclosure of the heath.
Much of the former heathland has been improved on images derived from aerial photographs of 2016 and it is probable that most of the earthworks have been levelled, although some fragments may survive to the west of Thorne Cross Farm in a small area of remaining heathland vegetation.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV352344 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RP 3012-3013 04-NOV-1946. [Mapped feature: #113269 ] |
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| SDV361305 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2018-2019. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley. Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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| SDV361515 | Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2015-2017. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX8981 23-08-2016. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 21 2019 3:14PM |
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