 Referred to as the 'Ten Mile Course' by Dr. Stukeley in 1776, in the medieval and post-medieval periods the trackway was the main route from Wilton to Shaftesbury.By the 18th century it had become a turnpike road, and a map dated to 1773 depicts a toll house immediately to the south of it.The remains of the former toll house structure are visible today as a series of earthworks representing a building platform with a small enclosure immediately to its east.