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| HER Number: | MDV3054 |
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| Name: | Brodeforde Gate, Ugborough |
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Summary
One of eight moorgates on Dartmoor map (1478?) there is no gate with this name, but its position on the map seems to place it on the moorgate at the end of the lane leading up from Davey's Cross on the Exeter - Plymouth road. The gate gives direct access to the southern slopes of Western Beacon from the farms at Broadaford one mile south of the gate.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 653 568 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX65NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Ugborough |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UGBOROUGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NE/138
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- GATE (Late Medieval - 1401 AD (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))
Full description
Spence Bate, C., 1872, Ancient Map of Dartmoor, 510 (Article in Serial). SDV337015.
Brodeforde yet (sic). One of eight moorgates on dartmoor map (1478?) there is no gate with this name, but its position on the map seems to place it on the moorgate at the end of the lane leading up from Davey's Cross on the Exeter - Plymouth road. The gate gives direct access to the southern slopes of Western Beacon from the farms at Broadaford one mile south of the gate.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV337015 | Article in Serial: Spence Bate, C.. 1872. Ancient Map of Dartmoor. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 5. A5 Hardback. 510. [Mapped feature: #17123 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV3059 | Related to: Wrangaton Moor Gate, Ugborough (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 24 2023 3:48PM |
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