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Summary

Track shown on 19th century map running south from Yeo to Keaton Bridge which was known as The Runs

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65SW/1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TRACKWAY (Unknown date)

Full description

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

Track shown running south from Yeo farmstead to Keaton Bridge shown on 19th century map.

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

Track shown as a footpath marked 'F.P.' on early 20th century map.

Ryan, L., 1973, An Obscure Place. A History of Stowford in the parish of Harford, Devon, 61 (Monograph). SDV340926.

Public footpath known as 'The Runs' through meadows between the Ivybridge-Ermington road and the River Erme. It runs for nearly 750 metres very nearly in a straight line, whereas the road describes several sharp curves before both reaching the river at Keaton Bridge. The Ivybridge end of the path is still well defined but towards the river the original track has become disused although its line between old hedges can still be seen. In 1829, the inhabitants of Ivybridge "gained a trial respecting the right of a public walk in The Runs below Ivybridge". The history of the path has not been discovered. It is interesting to conjecture if this were part of an early track leading from the tin workings on the River Erme above Harford to the seaway at the Erme estuary. The earthwork on Henlake at SX634570 which would overlook the route above Ivybridge could then take on a protective purpose, similar to the earthwork at Turtley, which overlooks an ancient roadway.

Cotswold Archaeology, 2001, Fishacre to Lyneham Natural Gas Pipeline: Archaeological Fieldwalking and Field Reconnaissance Survey: Preliminary Summary, Map 10 (Report - Survey). SDV340217.

Cotswold Archaeology, 2001, Fishacre to Lyneham Natural Gas Pipeline: Cultural Heritage Assessment: Volume 1:Text, 21 (Report - Assessment). SDV340215.

Other details: Site 152.

Cotswold Archaeology, 2001, Fishacre to Lyneham Natural Gas Pipeline: Cultural Heritage Assessment: Volume 2: Constraints Maps (Report - Assessment). SDV340216.

Other details: Map 10 Site 152.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4375 - Fishacre to Lyneham Pipeline Assessment
• EDV4391 - Fishacre to Lyneham Fieldwalking Survey

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