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Summary

'The Crossways' - the name given to the point at which the 'Abbot's Way' meets the track of the Zeal Tor tramway. Both tracks are grass covered but clearly defined at this point. The Abbot's Way from Red Lake in the north-west here turns east; the Zeal Tor tramway comes down the hill from Western Whitebarrow in the south-east. Crossing believes that the name 'Crossways' dates from the building of the tramway in 1846. Clayworks railway track is about 137m north of the crossways.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork remains of the early 20th century China Clay works at Redlake Mine and the associated railway, as well as prehistoric remains on Ugborough Moor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NW/2
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CROSSROADS (XIX - 1846 AD to 1846 AD (Between))

Full description

Crossing, W., 1912 (1965), Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor, 44, 46, 71, 141, 367, 373, 377 (Monograph). SDV320981.

'The Crossways' - the name given to the point at which the 'Abbot's Way' meets the track of the Zeal Tor tramway. Both tracks are grass covered but clearly defined at this point. The Abbot's Way from Red Lake in the north-west here turns east; the Zeal Tor tramway comes down the hill from Western Whitebarrow in the south-east. Crossing believes that the name 'Crossways' dates from the building of the tramway in 1846. Clayworks railway track is about 137m north of the crossways.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 4275 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Gaskell-Brown, C. + Hankin, C., 1974 -1978, Ugborough Parish Checklist (Worksheet). SDV161354.

Cites Crossing. The track of the clay works railway, 1911, is about 150 yards north of 'the Crossways'.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Recorded from the 1940s aerial photograph.

Perrin, R., 2016, Ugborough Parish Heritage Appraisal Second Edition, UG 605 (Report - Assessment). SDV360390.

SX 6500 6587. ‘The Crossways’ is name given to point at which the Abbot’s Way from Red Lake meets the track of the Zeal Tor Tramway (UG 569) coming down from Western Whitebarrow. Both tracks are grass covered but clearly defined. Crossing (p.377) believes the name derives from the building of the tramway in 1846.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8082 - Survey of the Upper Erme Valley

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