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Summary

A former trackway or road is visible as an earthwork hollow crossing the west-facing slopes north of the A38, within Ugbrooke Park, Chudleigh, as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards and digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017. The date of the possible route is unknown, but it is likely to predate the creation of Ugbrooke Park.

Location

Protected Status

• Registered Park or Garden (II*) 1000705: UGBROOKE PARK

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TRACKWAY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

The visible earthworks do not correspond with any route depicted on the Tithe map for Chudleigh.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3059-3060 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.

Earthwork hollows are visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX8878 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Earthwork hollows are visible.

Google, 2017, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2002 ACCESSED 11-OCT-2018 (Aerial Photograph). SDV360456.

Earthwork hollows are visible.

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.

An earthwork hollow or scarp up to circa 20m wide and 530m long is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards and digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017, crossing the west-facing slopes north of the A38, within Ugbrooke Park, Chudleigh, between Boxhills Copse and Wapperwell Cottages.
The visible earthwork does not correspond with any route depicted on the 19th century maps available to the survey. The south-west end of the visible earthworks may however be aligned on a crossroads at Wapperwell. A number of lesser hollows arrayed around this point might indicate it was a point previously approached from a number of directions. The date of the possible route is unknown but it is interpreted as the remains of a former route, perhaps a pre-enclosure trackway, probably predating the creation of Ugbrooke Park.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV352504	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3059-3060 13-APR-1946.
SDV359954	Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital.
SDV360456	Aerial Photograph: Google. 2017. Google Earth Pro. Various. Digital. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2002 ACCESSED 11-OCT-2018. [Mapped feature: #114097 ]
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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SDV361470	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2017. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SX8878 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017.

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)

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