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| HER Number: | MDV125746 |
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| Name: | Roman Road south of Colebrooke |
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Summary
Lidar evidence suggests that the road eastwards from the Roman military complex near North Tawton followed a very direct route to Keymelford and did not deviate to the south-east as suggested by Margary and others. The route onwards to join with the Roman road running north from Exeter to Crediton is unclear.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 758 994 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX79NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Colebrooke |
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| Civil Parish | Crediton Hamlets |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | COLEBROOKE |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CREDITON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ROAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
Margary, I. D., 1967, Roman Roads in Britain, 120 (Monograph). SDV24025.
Margary suggests that the road turned to the south-east at Preston, thereafter keeping to the south of the River Yeo and did not go through Keymelford to Crediton as previously thought.
Kaye, S., 2019, Map of Roman roads Exeter Hinterland (Interpretation). SDV363001.
It was previously thought that the road eastwards from North Tawton Roman fort turned to the south-east below Colebrooke. However, Lidar imagery cleary shows that the military road headed straight towards Crediton to Keymelford. It is also detectable, continuing in a straight line, on the other side of the river. There is now some scepticism about the south-east deviation being a Roman road.
Salvatore, J. P. + Kaye, S. + Stocker, S. + Toller, H., 2019, Observations on the Roman Road between Exeter, North Tawton and Okehampton, 304-306; Figs7-10 (Article in Serial). SDV364830.
Although the road disappears as a cropmark east of Middledown it has been observed further east in Horwell Wood (SX751994) and at SX759994, just above Great Wotton Cottage, where the Lidar signal suggests the presence of an agger which is visible as a hump in the road and the adjacent hedgerows. The next clear observation is at SX766994, where the clearest visible traces of the road in both Lidar and photographic imagery have been made, and the agger itself is visible to the naked eye in the hedgerow on the eastern side of the field where the hedge rises up over the crest of the agger.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV24025 | Monograph: Margary, I. D.. 1967. Roman Roads in Britain. Roman Roads in Britain. Hardback Volume. 120. |
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| SDV363001 | Interpretation: Kaye, S.. 2019. Map of Roman roads Exeter Hinterland. Digital. |
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| SDV364830 | Article in Serial: Salvatore, J. P. + Kaye, S. + Stocker, S. + Toller, H.. 2019. Observations on the Roman Road between Exeter, North Tawton and Okehampton. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 77. Paperback Volume. 304-306; Figs7-10. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV57034 | Parent of: Roman Road to west of Horwell Wood, Colebrooke (Monument) |
| MDV8434 | Related to: Roman Road between Prestons and North Down, Colebrooke (Monument) |
| MDV6863 | Related to: Roman Road to East of North Tawton Fort (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 4 2022 10:02AM |
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