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Summary

Reave runs north-west from the Great Western Reave for a distance of 490 metres. It is turf-covered throughout and measures 1.7 metres wide and 0.4 metres high. Probably originally joined the main reave at the south-eastern end but there is now a 20 metre gap.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019589: A length of the Great Western Reave, a prehistoric settlement, three cairns and two field systems on Walkhampton Common
• SHINE: Earthwork and structural remains on Walkhampton Common including 19th century Swelltor and Foggintor Quarries, a section of the early 19th century Plymouth and Dartmoor Tramway, later converted to railway, also streamworks along the Yes Tor Brook

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE130
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440402
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/267
• Old SAM Ref: 34425(P)(PART)
• Pastscape: 440402

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• REAVE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, 3269 (Aerial Photograph). SDV340833.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX57SE130 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV269043.

(18/07/1980) From one of the main reaves on Walkhampton Common a branch extends in a north-western direction from SX55767090 to SX55467129 a distance of 490 metres. It is turf-covered throughout and measures 1.7 metres wide and 0.4 metres high. It is probable that it originally joined the main reave at the south-east end, but at the point of junction both have been stripped out for some 20 metres. The alignment suggests that it was intended to skirt a settlement and end at marshy ground in the vicinity of a tributary of Walkham River but it now ends 200 metres short at a railway embankment (MDV19112).
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on M.S.D.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Reave is visible on 1946 Royal Air Force aerial photograph and is recorded on map overlay.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP152597, 21/3/2000 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

A length of reave leading from the Great Western Reave on Walkhampton Common.
This reave leads north-west from the Great Western Reave and measures 500 metres by 1.5 metres wide by 0.5 metres high. The reave survives mainly as an earthwork with a large number of protruding stones. Covered in bracken and grass. SX55607109

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 85, Map 45 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Reave is depicted by Butler.

GetMapping, 1999 - 2000, Dartmoor 1999-2000 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital) (Aerial Photograph). SDV345751.

Line of the reave shows up quite well on this version of the aerial photography.

Fletcher, M. J., 2007-2008, Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project (Report - Survey). SDV359195.

(24/06/2007) This reave extends to the north-west of the main reave. It traverses a fairly steep slope and crosses a shallow marshy slope before terminating on a shallow slope covered by boulders and mature gorse. It is not particularly prominent and is very difficult to trace in places, especially where it is overrun by dense bracken. Surveyed at 1:2500 scale.

Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.

'Boundary work' is depicted on the modern mapping, although it is shown further to the south-west than it's actual location, which can be traced on the 1999-2000 aerial photograph (Richards, A. F., 13/03/2018).

Historic England, 2016, National Heritage List for England, Accessed 22/08/2016 (National Heritage List for England). SDV359353.

The monument, which falls into two areas of protection, includes a length of the Great Western Reave, a prehistoric settlement, three cairns, two field systems and a boundary stone on Walkhampton Common. A second reave leads off at right angles at NGR SX55777088 and this one measures 500 metres long by 1.5 metres wide and 0.5 metres high (see designation record for full detail).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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