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| HER Number: | MDV25636 |
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| Name: | FIELD SYSTEM in the Parish of Buckland Monachorum |
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Summary
Field system on roborough down attached to the modern field system to the south-east visible on aerial images.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 514 646 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Bickleigh (SH) |
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| Civil Parish | Buckland Monachorum |
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| District | South Hams |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BICKLEIGH |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BUCKLAND MONACHORUM |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork and structural remains of the World War II RAF Harrowbeer airfield, as well as medieval fields and farms, industrial tin working, sections of the Devonport and Plymouth Leats, and part of the Plymouth and Dartmoor Tramway on Roborough Down
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SW/109
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD SYSTEM (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)
Full description
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV266261.
Aph=raf 106g uk 1190 3196,4195(24/2/1946).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV266262.
Des=gray, v. /parish checklist. Vis=10/8/1985 (gray). Three or more fields. Field has walls 0.5m high and 1m wide and was cut by the plymouth leat in the 16th century, the other wall is 0.5m high - maximum and 2m wide also cut by leat. A ditch runs alongside the walls (gray).
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
SX 5135 6465 Field system on Roborough Down attached to the modern field system to the south-east. Five definite fields defined. Western extremity SX 5110 6445. Eastern extremity SX 5180 6480. Long straggling boundary leaves rectangular field of this system (SX 5150 6487) and travels south-west towards field system crf: SX56SW/108.
Probably also associated with field system crf: SX56SW/112.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV266261 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV266262 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV127259 | Part of: Field system on Roborough Down, Buckland Monachorum and Bickleigh (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 24 2023 11:17AM |
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