Clyst Heath

Today Clyst Heath is a suburb to the south east of the city of Exeter, Devon, England. An area of relatively high ground to the west of the River Clyst, it remained heathland until the early nineteenth century when it was cultivated for the first time.[1]

Two notable battles took place on the heath, in 1455 and 1549. The 1:25000 Ordnance Survey map shows the conventional symbol for both battles at grid reference SX965912, just north of Sandy Park rugby stadium.[2]

Map showing places significant to the 1455 battle
  1. ^ Rose-Troup, Frances (1913). The Western Rebellion of 1549. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 276.
  2. ^ Explorer 114, Exeter & the Exe Valley, Ordnance Survey, 2003