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| HER Number: | MDV133425 |
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| Name: | Roman road west of Wallabrook Farm, Lamerton |
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Summary
A Roman road is visible on aerial photographs of 2016 as crop marks and images derived from lidar data as earthworks, aligned roughly north to south between Brent Tor and Pitland Coner, Brentor and Lamerton parishes.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 469 789 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX47NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Lamerton |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LAMERTON |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | TAVISTOCK |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ROAD (Constructed, Roman - 43 AD (Between) to 409 AD (Between))
Full description
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV362959.
The ditches of a Roman road are visible on the 2016 aerial photo as dark lines running north-south across a field to the west of Wallabrook Farm.
Environment Agency WMS, 2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362956.
Roman road visible as earthworks on LiDAR imagery to the south-west, west and north of Wallabrook Farm.
Kaye, S., 2020, Roman road. Tavistock to Brent Tor (Interpretation). SDV365044.
The flanking ditches of a Roman road show well on the {2016] aerial photo. They are about 10.7m apart which appears to fit well with the average width of the road of 10m-12m.
Environment Agency, 2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Lidar visualisation (Cartographic). SDV366001.
A north to south aligned bank and flanking ditches are visible as linear earthworks,
Hegarty, C., 2025, Comment on Unlocking Landscapes project and related lidar and aerial photograph interpretations (Interpretation). SDV366411.
A Roman road is visible on images derived from Lidar data as earthworks between Brent Tor and Pitland Coner, Brentor and Lamerton parishes.
The visible earthworks comprise a slightly raised bank or agger aligned roughly north to south, on either side of which flanking ditches or quarry pits are intermittently visible. The agger is on average approximately 8m wide, with the ditches or pits up to 3m wide. In total this stretch of road is visible as an earthwork for approximately 2.3km. It is likely that this section of road intersects with a second road to the east (MDV135643) at circa SX46967987.
Between SX469879426 m and SX4698879713 the earthwork corresponds to a possible field boundary depicted on the Tithe Map that formed part of the Brentor and Lamerton parish boundary.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV362956 | Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 2019. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), 2019. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. [Mapped feature: #138999 Also SDV362959, ] |
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| SDV362959 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015 onwards. 2015 onward Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV365044 | Interpretation: Kaye, S.. 2020. Roman road. Tavistock to Brent Tor. email. |
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| SDV366001 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2021. University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Lidar visualisation. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. |
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| SDV366411 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C.. 2025. Comment on Unlocking Landscapes project and related lidar and aerial photograph interpretations. Not Applicable. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV135643 | Related to: Roman road, south of Heathfield, Lamerton and Brentor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 1 2025 5:04PM |
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