Trackways on Countisbury Common, Kipscombe Farm, Countisbury, Watersmeet

Record ID:  100276 / MNA149665
Record type:  Routeway
Protected Status: None Recorded
NT Property:  Watersmeet; South West
Civil Parish:  Countisbury; North Devon; Devon
Grid Reference:  SS 75600 49799
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Summary

Series of tracks and hollow ways on Countisbury Common. The main routes form part of a continuation of track 008 heading W across the common. Listed as site 100276 in 1986. There are many more tracks that criss-cross the common and are used by the general public. They are of limited archaeological significance.

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Monument Types

  • TRACKWAY (Undated)

Description

A series of approximately east west trackways run across Countisbury Common. They consist of irregular hollow ways and banks and may well be associated with the field system on the common. They are of little archaeological importance.

First surveyed by D and C Thackray in 1986. Series of tracks and hollow ways on Countisbury Common. The main routes form part of a continuation of track 100980 heading W across the common. Listed as site 100276 in 1986. There are many more tracks that criss-cross the common and are used by the general public. They are of limited archaeological significance.

References

  • SNA62446 - Report: Nick Berry. 2004. Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey of Kipscombe Farm, Countisbury, Devon.

  • SZR49094 - National Trust Report: Caroline Thackray. 1986. NT Archaeological Survey, Lynmouth, Devon.

Designations

None Recorded

Other Statuses and References

  • National Park

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