MSO12274 - Undated trackway on Staddon Hill (Monument)

Summary

A trackway is recorded in this location that remained in use to the post-medieval period.

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Type and Period (1)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

Traces of a road crossing part of Staddon Hill from below the earthwork to Lincombe. Believed to still have been in occasional use fifty or sixty years before 1889. [1] The routeway is not shown on the 25 inch 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map, nor on the Tithe Map for Winsford. [2,3]

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1>XY Article in serial: Howes, Rev. J.G. 1889. Notes on Exford. Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeology and Natural History Society. 35. 2. 40. [Mapped feature: #34370 ]
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1868-1901. County Series; 1st Edition 25 Inch Map. 1:2500.
  • <3> Map: 1839. Winsford Tithe Map and Apportionment.

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Other Statuses/References

  • Local List Status (Unassessed)
  • National Park: Exmoor National Park
  • Somerset SMR PRN: 35343

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SS 8744 3747 (576m by 148m)
Map sheet SS83NE
Civil Parish WINSFORD, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

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Record last edited

Sep 21 2021 2:23PM

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