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| HER Number: | MDV52746 |
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| Name: | FOSSILISED REAVE SYSTEM in the Parish of Okehampton Hamlets |
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Summary
The meldon parallel reave system constitutes the only evidence for co-axial land division in the arc of moorland perimeter between cordon beacon and white tor. The system is fortified by a set of present-day field boundaries and must have been at least 2km broad (rchm citing pps).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 550 920 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX59SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Okehampton Hamlets |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | OKEHAMPTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX59SE26
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 619158
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX59SE/163/1
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD SYSTEM (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
- REAVE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV264837.
Nmr=sx59se26.
Ordnance Survey, 1963-1996, 1963-1996 National Grid OS Metric (Cartographic). SDV350058.
SX 55009200. Meldon reave noted (Ordnnace Survey, scale 10,560: 1965 edition).
Fleming, A., 1983, The Prehistoric Landscape of Dartmoor. Part 2: North and East Dartmoor, 219, 235, fig 8 (Article in Serial). SDV227880.
The Meldon parallel reave system constitutes the only evidence for co-axial land division in the arc of moorland perimeter between Cordon Beacon and White Tor. The system is fortified by a set of present-day field boundaries and must have been at least 2km broad.
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. 219, 235, fig 8. |
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| SDV264837 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV350058 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1963-1996. 1963-1996 National Grid OS Metric. Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 30 2021 9:07AM |
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