HISTORY right under our feet has inspired one keen topographical sleuth to have a 12-mile section of Teignbridge scheduled as an Ancient Monument.

Suzanne Jones has the archaeological bit between her teeth in a quest to persuade Historic England that a livestock route from ‘moor to shore’ – which dates back thousands of years – should be adopted by them as a physical structure worthy of official record.

But the Government-backed public body has rejected her appeals three times, claiming the well worn path twixt Cockington and Cockingford towards the middle of the national park does not meet their criteria.

Determined amateur historian Suzanne, who lives at Bickington, begs to differ on the noted example of transhumance, which is the established seasonal movement of livestock and their keepers from one grazing area to another through the ages.