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Summary

Merchants' Roads is an area of land depicted on both the First Edition 25 inch Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s and the Second Edition 25 inch Ordnance Survey map of between 1904-06, to the north of the parish church. A rhode or rode is a shallow estuary for the safe harbourage of shipping.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY29SW/249/2
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HARBOUR (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Merchants' Roads marked on 1880s-1890s 25 inch Ordnance Survey map, an area of land to the north of the parish church.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Merchants' Roads is also depicted on the Second Edition 25 inch Ordnance Survey map of between 1904-06.

Gosney, E., 1984, Untitled Source (Correspondence). SDV346387.

Merchant Roads are marked to the north of Seaton Parish Church on the Ordnance Survey 1808 25 inch map. A rhode or rode is a shallow estuary of the sea for the safe harbourage of shipping.

Pink, F., 2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV357736.

The field name 'Great Merchants Roads' within plot 661 on the Seaton and Beer parish tithe map of approximately 1838-48 indicates the use of the land at this time. The 'Merchants' Roads' is also labelled on both the First Edition 25 inch Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s and the Second Edition 25 inch Ordnance Survey map of between 1904-06.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV325644	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV346387	Correspondence: Gosney, E.. 1984. Letter to Mr. Shiel (DAS). Letter + Digital.
SDV357736	Interpretation: Pink, F.. 2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment. AC Archaeology Report. ACD618/4/3. Digital.
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Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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