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Summary

The agger of the Roman road from Axminster to Exeter is visible as an earthwork bank, from the ground and on aerial photographs taken from the 1940s and images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, in fields immediately south-west of the modern road. Parts of the ditch seem to be visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs taken in 1947.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Record of the Historic Environment: 960332
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY29NW/77

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ROAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV122972.

Des=worksheet.
Roman road. Vis=23/9/1981 (timms + silvester). The agger of the roman road from axminster to exeter is visible for 200-300m in the fields immediately southwest of the modern road, running parallel with the hedge. The agger appears to be c 2m wide, and 0.75m high, and was discovered by mr carter of chard (worksheet).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV122974.

Chapman, g. M. /dalwood,a short history of an east devon village/(1983)23-24.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1432-1433 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

A pale cropmark is partly also visible as an earthwork bank. A narrow dark cropmark is visible immediately to its south. Map object partly based on this source.

Margary, I. D., 1967, Roman Roads in Britain, 115 (Monograph). SDV24025.

The Roman road followed the rough course of the road from Shute Cross to Moorcox Cross.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR SY2399 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

An interrupted earthwork bank is visible south of the current road. Map object partly based on this source.

Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SY2399 23-MAY-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359317.

A pale cropmark is visible. Map object partly based on this source.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

The agger of the Roman road from Axminster to Exeter that was identified on the ground in 1981 is probably the same as an earthwork bank on aerial photographs taken from the 1940s onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. It is sited alongside the modern road on its south-west side. A ditch on southern side of the bank may be indicated by a dark cropmark visible on aerial photographs taken in 1947.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV122972	Migrated Record:
SDV122974	Migrated Record:
SDV24025	Monograph: Margary, I. D.. 1967. Roman Roads in Britain. Roman Roads in Britain. Hardback Volume. 115.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1432-1433 11-APR-1947.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY2399 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014.
SDV359317	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2010. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SY2399 23-MAY-2010.
SDV359463	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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