{"id":1844775,"date":"2025-07-24T09:11:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1844775"},"modified":"2025-07-24T09:11:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:11:16","slug":"ordnance-survey-asked-to-change-route-of-historic-path-through-dartmoor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/07\/ordnance-survey-asked-to-change-route-of-historic-path-through-dartmoor\/","title":{"rendered":"Ordnance Survey Asked to Change Route of Historic Path Through Dartmoor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nick Pannell wants the Ordnance Survey to change the route<\/a> of the Abbot\u2019s Way path<\/a> through Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England. Pannell says his own research shows that medieval monks took a more northerly route between Buckfast and Tavistock, and that the path shown on OS maps since 1886 is wrong. The OS doesn\u2019t dispute Pannell\u2019s research, but says that the current route existed 130 years before the initial survey, and there are no currently existing paths along Pannell\u2019s preferred route. This seems to be a case of the prescriptive vs. the descriptive: Pannell shows where the path used<\/em> to be or ought<\/em> to have been, the OS shows the current reality on the ground. Nor can OS change the map unless, per the article, Historic England changes the official route: it\u2019s not OS\u2019s call to make.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nick Pannell wants the Ordnance Survey to change the route of the Abbot\u2019s Way path through Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England. 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