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Dear B. A search on Google maps would be useful. If you can give a more precise position of the place, or even a map reference I would be happy to take a closer look, and even perhaps visit the site sometime in the future. Although I live in Tavistock, My daughter lives in Ivybridge so I do get over that way quite often.Could you also let me know if the Local historian has written anything, or would be willing to chat online Best Wishes Roger. ---------------------------------------- > Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:10:25 +0000 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: More pack animals! > To: [log in to unmask] > > Interested in your posting regarding pack animal routes, I am a new member > interested in a local site just off the Kingsbridge to South Brent coaching route. > > There are a number of substantial "Devon Bank" boundaries, some being > parallel, apparently lanes, dividing a wet area, now woodland, which has been > shown by a local historian to have held a community of about 70 people in 22 > dwellings; early 19th. century. There is one remaining wall reported to be a > chapel. > > My agricultural background would lead me to question why such a sizeable > community would have existed in such a small unfriendly habitat for crop or > animal production. A possible explanation would be some small scale possibly > open-cast extraction, ore or even roadstone. The ready availablity of flowing > water could be a contributory factor and the existence of very large quartz > bearing boulders strewn about unrelated to the boundaries deters me from > accepting "smallholding" activities. > > Any suggestions to guide my further investigation welcome. > > B. Morton _________________________________________________________________ Add your Gmail and Yahoo! Mail email accounts into Hotmail - it's easy http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/186394592/direct/01/