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| HER Number: | MDV3175 |
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| Name: | Peat Pass from West Okement head to the Black Ridge Brook, Dartmoor Forest |
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Summary
Peat Pass of over 1 kilometre running from West Okement head to the Black Ridge Brook providing a dry route through the blanket bog. Cut is marked by small cairns
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 596 853 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58NE/8
- Old SAM Ref: 28774(P)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PEAT PASS (Constructed, XVIII to XIX - 1800 AD (Between) to 1899 AD (Between))
Full description
Le Messurier, B., 1965, The Phillpotts Peat Passes of Northern Dartmoor, 169 pl.15 (Article in Serial). SDV242771.
Peat pass along Black Ridge; cut marked by small cairns. End of pass to be found on map sheet SX58SE.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 111, Map 33 (Monograph). SDV219155.
One of the Phillpotts (1837-1909) peat passes cut to facilitate huntsmen on the moor. Nine of these passes were dug around the centre of the moor ranging from over a kilometre to a mere 60 metres. They are now marked by small cairns along their length adnd by short granite posts at each end. A bronze plaque commemorating Phillpotts is attached to each of the posts. This is the longest pass and goes over the summit of Black Ridge from near West Okement head to the upper valley of Black Ridge Brook.
Sandles, T., 2014-2019, Legendary Dartmoor, Accessed in 2015 (Website). SDV356498.
Black Ridge peat pass (SX597858 - 595849)
From north to south the pass is roughly 1 010 metres long and is by far the largest. The are two branches of the cut but the eastern one is the original. Small cairns mark some of the open stretches but these seem disappear and re-appear at will.
Constructed to provide a drier path through the blanket bog at the end of the 19th / beginning of the 20th century, under direction of William Francis Phillpotts. (Citing Le Messurier).
Ordnance Survey, 2015, Ordnance Survey 1:25000 Digital Colour Raster Map (Cartographic). SDV319717.
'Peat Pass' is depicted on the large scale Ordnance Survey mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 111, Map 33. |
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| SDV242771 | Article in Serial: Le Messurier, B.. 1965. The Phillpotts Peat Passes of Northern Dartmoor. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 97. Unknown. 169 pl.15. |
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| SDV319717 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2015. Ordnance Survey 1:25000 Digital Colour Raster Map. 1:25,000. Digital. [Mapped feature: #87226 Location based on large scale-map: approximate only, ] |
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| SDV356498 | Website: Sandles, T.. 2014-2019. Legendary Dartmoor. http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk. Website. Accessed in 2015. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV6761 | Related to: North West Passage Peat Pass on Cut Hill, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV28318 | Related to: Possible hut circle, Black Ridge (Monument) |
| MDV3302 | Related to: Walkham Head peat pass, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7620 - Okehampton Artillary Range
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
- EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
- EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 16 2023 1:44PM |
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