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| HER Number: | MDV48008 |
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| Name: | King Wall |
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Summary
The medieval and postmedieval boundary marked on maps as King Wall, over 3 kilometres long, probably fossilises a reave. Its northern half is a parish boundary.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 534 868 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Bridestowe |
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| Civil Parish | Lands common to the Parishes of Bridestowe and Sourton |
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| Civil Parish | Sourton |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BRIDESTOWE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58NW/140/3
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- REAVE (Early Bronze Age to Post Medieval - 2200 BC to 1750 AD)
- PARISH BOUNDARY (Modern - 1751 AD to 2013 AD)
Full description
Fleming, A., 1983, The Prehistoric Landscape of Dartmoor. Part 2: North and East Dartmoor, 237 (Article in Serial). SDV227880.
The medieval and postmedieval boundary marked on maps as King Wall, over 3 kilometres long, probably fossilises a reave. Its northern half is a parish boundary.
Fleming, A., 1988, The Dartmoor Reaves: Investigating Prehistoric Land Divisions, 46, 55, figs 25,30 (Monograph). SDV229071.
Cunis, E, 2023, Images of the King Way (Personal Comment). SDV365546.
(01/03/2023) Condition photographs taken of the ‘King Wall’ (running from High Down at approximately SX 53060 86407 to approximately SX 54112 88056) showing current vegetation growth - mainly gorse, bracken, reeds and heather. The middle section of the wall is the worst affected in terms of vegetation overgrowth.
Reference to William Crossing and Eric Hemery (‘Walking Dartmoor’s Ancient Tracks’) who recorded various references to the Dartmoor section of this track that can be traced with relevant names: in Tavistock - King Street, ‘Exeter Inn’ an old coaching inn on King Street, a milestone mentioning distance to London, Exeter Road. In Blackdown - the Royal Standard pub. Another milestone under Gibbets Hill, King Wall above High Down and King Lane (now Meldon Lane) above Meldon Reservoir. To the 'London Inn' in Okehampton.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV227880 | Article in Serial: Fleming, A.. 1983. The Prehistoric Landscape of Dartmoor. Part 2: North and East Dartmoor. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 49. Unknown. 237. |
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| SDV229071 | Monograph: Fleming, A.. 1988. The Dartmoor Reaves: Investigating Prehistoric Land Divisions. The Dartmoor Reaves: Investigating Prehistoric Land Divisions. Hardback Volume. 46, 55, figs 25,30. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV80649 | Related to: King's Way Cross, Great Nodden, Bridestowe (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 3 2023 4:37PM |
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