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| HER Number: | MDV133425 |
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| Name: | Roman road west of Wallabrook Farm, Lamerton |
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Summary
The flanking ditches of a Roman road are visible on the 2016 aerial photo and LiDAR imagery as crop marks and earthworks running north-south across the fields to the west and north of Wallabrook Farm.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 469 788 |
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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.
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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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 14 2022 6:37PM |
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