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Summary

Several curvilinear interlacing earthwork ditches, visible on aerial photographs taken from 1946 onwards and on visualisations of lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017, are interpreted as medieval or earlier holloways that link Horrabridge to the higher ground of Roborough Down. Many appear to have gone out of use by the mid-19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HOLLOW WAY (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

No trackways are depicted in these exact locations.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Several curvilinear trackways are depicted across rough ground.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, DCC RAF/CPE/UK/1890 2350-2351 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351061.

Curvilinear earthwork ditches are visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5068 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Curvilinear earthwork ditches are visible.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5068 05-MAR-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

Curvilinear earthwork ditches are visible.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

Numerous curvilinear earthwork ditches, between approximately 2 and 4 metres in width, are visible on aerial photographs taken from 1946 onwards and on visualisations of lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017. There are many interlacing parts and the ditches are in fragmented sections and branch out on the western, higher end. They are interpreted as holloways that link Horrabridge and the eastern side of Roborough Down to the higher ground at what is now Pound House. Two main orientations can be discerned, the more substantial run north-east to south-west and appear to cut those running in a more east to west direction, which may be earlier. Their origin is uncertain, and could be pre medieval. Many appear to have gone out of use by the mid-19th century and are not depicted on the available historic mapping. One of the trackways depicted on the late-19th century maps has been transcribed, as it connects to other branches of holloway that had not been mapped.
Only two individual elements of holloway had been recorded previously and these have been associated as child records, but have not themselves been amended as part of the survey.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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