Definitive Map anomalies
Map anomalies were first recorded when digitising the Definitive Map in the 1990s. The database created has been added to as and when items are discovered. Currently there are around 360 identified anomalies. They are also shown on a layer within the online maps and include:
- paths obstructed by permanent features or problems not resolvable by enforcement
- gaps, parish / county boundary anomalies or dead-ends
- paths known or believed to be recorded with the wrong status
- 'used route anomalies', i.e. where route other than the definitive one is currently / historically used and it is not reasonable to enforce the legal route
- duplicate, parallel or redundant routes