How much have all these various inquiries cost compared with what harm would be caused by giving public access to such a small piece of Dartmoor? Despite 59 people giving oral accounts of their visits to the tor in the s, documents were found that suggested that between the statutory usage period from — there was a time it was closed.
However, I am not satisfied that, on balance, the evidence of public use of the order route, either in whole or part, presented to the inquiry is sufficient to demonstrate the dedication of this route at common law. Unless injury to the property can be proven, a landowner could probably only recover nominal damages by suing for trespass. Criminal prosecution could only arise if you trespass and damage proper.
It has been a difficult period for me and my family and we have been put to considerable expense to prove what we believed all along. I question how much has this cost the local taxpayer?
Thankfully there are numerous landowners that want to share with the public the various Dartmoor treasures that they own. Below is an aerial photograph taken from Google Earth at an altitude of 6,ft, are the tracks a footpath or sheep tracks? The above track certainly follows a direct line so the argument could be that using this shows a visible path which when compared with the Vixen Tor aerial photograph which shows no visible path must mean there was no right of way was there when the picture was taken.
Now click HERE for a wider view of the above photo. As you can see, the area shown on the aerial photo is in fact Pinswell which is to the west of Fur Tor which in turn is in the heart of north Dartmoor where no public footpaths exist.
It could then be argued that a public footpath, if used regularly would appear wider than a sheep track, ok, below is an aerial photograph taken from Google Earth of Haytor which is one of the most visited spots on Dartmoor. Here you can clearly see a veritable criss-cross of paths leading up and away from the tor but what were made by the tread of human feet and what were made by animal hooves? Clearly the wider ones are the result of people using the same path so if these were public footpaths which they are not it may be suggested they are distinguishable from sheep tracks.
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