The Way to the Boundary Wood/ The Old Way

Description of this historic site

The route of a trackway known as 'The Way to the Boundary Wood'. The trackway is mentioned in documentary sources and dates to the Early Medieval period. It runs through Ullenhall.

Notes about this historic site

1 Road referred to in a charter dated AD 963. This road led NW from Ullenhall into the heart of Arden. It is called ‘scir holtes way’ (the way of/to the boundary wood) south of the Ford of the Dark Mere [=PRN WA8662], and ‘ealdan weg’ (the old way) north of that point.
2 Map illustrating identified route.

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