Encountering Heritage In Ipplepen, Denbury and Torbryan

Abstract

‘History is all around us’ may sound like a cliché, but it is true! The buildings, settlements, roads and fields that form the backdrop of our daily lives are all in one sense ‘modern’ – they are in use today – but they all have a history, and that history in many cases goes back hundreds or thousands of years. This history manifests itself in many different ways. In some cases buildings in use today are centuries old – notably our parish churches, while elsewhere ancient settlements and field systems that have gone out of use still have remains that are still visible today. Similarly, sometimes there may be nothing visible now of a place that was significant in the past, but its existence is commemorated in a modern field- or place-name. This guide aims to introduce people living in, or visiting, the Ipplepen area to some of its history, to visit and walk in these historic places. Locations have been chosen that can be visited individually by car, or by foot along public rights of way, and include both obviously historically important places but others that people may walk past quite oblivious to what’s there.