The footpath from Somerton Road via fields to the
boundary with West Somerton ie TG460189 to TG463195
Physical
Character
From Somerton Road the footpath
follows the service road at the back of the Bensley Road
properties. It is about 15 feet wide with a
hardcore surface. At the end of the houses it becomes a
green lane and curves northwest narrowing to about nine
feet wide between cultivated land with gradually a
rising bank about six feet high on the east side, and
farther on, on the left a hedge of holly, oak, ivy,
hawthorn, elder, elm and ash. The green lane then
becomes the road named Damgate Back Lane which is a
surfaced road in front of houses.
After the houses the track becomes a
green lane again, 12 feet wide, with a hedge on the
north side of hawthorn, blackthorn, elm, maple and elder
and on the south side crab apple and hazel are also
included. On the north side are three trees as
shown on 1884 map. This green lane continues
eastwards towards the boundary with Somerton with no
hedges alongside, finally becoming a path across a
cultivated field to the Parish boundary with West
Somerton where it continues along the edge of a field
beside a bank where there was once a hedge.
Historical
Ecology
This green lane is shown on Faden’s
Map and on the Enclosure Map of 1812, however it is not
numbered on that map. This may be because it was
already a well established route and therefore no
comment or reference was needed.
1. The path begins at Somerton
Road at TG460189
2. The path follows the green
lane towards Damgate
3. Beyond the houses of Damgate
the path continues on the green lane through
cultivated fields
4. The green lane ends at
TG464196 and the path continues through the growing
crop towards Somerton
5. Looking back at the green lane
from the previous picture
6. The path continues through the
growing crop to the boundary with West Somerton
Parish at Sandy Lane