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| HER Number: | MDV8026 |
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| Name: | Fossilised reave system north-east of Welstor Farm |
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Summary
A pasture field retains prominent banks and lynchets of an early field system possibly comtemporary with the hut MDV8027.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 746 731 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Ashburton |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ASHBURTON |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Field boundaries preserve part of a fossilised Bronze Age reave system to the north-east of Welstor Farm, including an associated hut circle
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX77SW7
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 445261
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SW/53
- Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX77SW7
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FOSSILISED REAVE SYSTEM (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 1380 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1960, SX77SW7 25/05/1960 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV282495.
(25/05/1960) Lynchets and field system. A pasture field retains prominent banks and lynchets of an early field system possibly comtemporary with the hut at SX 7457326. These are probably the ones referred to by Amery Adams and Dewey at SX 74357330.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
This field system, although surrounded by 'modern' farmland, shows similarities to parallel reave systems (it is on the same NW-SE alignment to parallel reave systems about 1km to the NW) and may be a fossilised reave system. The boundaries of the field system are:
1. SX 74427328, 2. SX 74777332, 3. SX 74757291.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 1380. |
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| SDV282495 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1960. SX77SW7 25/05/1960. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| 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. [Mapped feature: #107061 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV8027 | Related to: Hut circle east-north-east of Welstor Farm (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 24 2022 9:10AM |
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