drovers' roads
Livestock migration routes
Drovers' roads are ancient routes used for moving livestock, especially cattle and sheep, from grazing lands to markets.
These trackways, also called drove roads, predate modern highways and often run across open country rather than through towns.
Many survive as footpaths, bridleways, or minor roads: The hikers followed an old drovers' road across the Welsh hills.
In Britain, such routes were most heavily used from medieval times through the nineteenth century.
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- cattle trailsPaths for driving herds
- trailsMarked outdoor paths
- herdingManaging animal groups
- shepherdsThose who tend flocks
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