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Summary

Trackway running from Claw Bridge to a spring some 790m to the north-west. The trackway is on the parish boundary between Ashwater and Clawton which together with the fact that it leads to a spring suggest that it is of some antiquity.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks of former quarry and parish boundary holloway, marked on nineteenth century mapping, north of Langdon

Other References/Statuses

• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TRACKWAY (VIII to XIX - 701 AD? (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Trackway and parish boundary depicted.

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

Trackway depicted running north-west and then north from near Claw Bridge to a spring. The trackway is also on the line of the parish boundary between Ashwater and Clawton, suggesting that it may be of some antiquity.

Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.

The final north running section of the trackway is no longer extant. A ford is marked at its northwestern end.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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