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| HER Number: | MDV5586 |
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| Name: | Trackway; same as MDV5585 |
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Summary
Vis=31/5/1978 (greeves). Ancient track leading from fatherford on the east okement sw onto east hill, as far as klondyke corner. It mostly takes the form of a sunken lane, lined with beeches on top of the hedge on its north side. This is bridleway 11 (worksheet).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 602 946 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX69SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Okehampton Hamlets |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | OKEHAMPTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/60
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TRACKWAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Full description
GREEVES, 1978, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV257127.
Another track runs south of, and roughly parallel to the above track (greeves, 1978).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV257129.
Des=greeves, t. /worksheet.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV257130.
Timms, s. /as above/(14/4/1983).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV257131.
Des=greeves, t. /archaeological sites within okehampton park and its vicinity/(1978)no d.7,d.8 in smr. Vis=31/5/1978 (greeves). Ancient track leading from fatherford on the east okement sw onto east hill, as far as klondyke corner. It mostly takes the form of a sunken lane, lined with beeches on top of the hedge on its north side. This is bridleway 11 (worksheet).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV257132.
Des=king, a. C. /dcra survey a30 okehampton bypass - final report/(31/1/1979)/ no.49 in smr.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV257133.
Des=english heritage: central excavation unit/okehampton by-pass: field survey/(1987)13,74/in pf.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV3991.
Worksheet gives terminal points as above ngr and sx59389398 but see sx59se/45 for its continuation westwards towards meldon (timms).
EH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6015.
Holloway 3-10m wide x up to 3m deep running nw to se from the ford on the east okement river interpreted as a probable horse tramway serving the quarry at ngr sx60419458 taking stone to the army camp to the n of okehampton (eh).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV257127 | Migrated Record: GREEVES, 1978. |
| SDV257129 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV257130 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV257131 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV257132 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV257133 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV3991 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV6015 | Migrated Record: EH. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV5585 | Related to: Trackway from Fatherford to Meldon, Okehampton Hamlets (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV3474 - Earthwork survey of Okehampton Castle and Park
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 7 2023 11:26AM |
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