A drovers' road, drove or droveway is a route for droving livestock on foot from one place to another, such as to market or between summer and winter pasture (see transhumance). Many drovers' roads were ancient routes of unknown age; others are known to date back to medieval or more recent times.
Read more about Drovers' Road: Description, Drovers, Early History, Medieval Drovers' Roads, 17th Century Onwards, Decline of Droving, America
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