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Summary

A boundary bank forming the north boundary of a field system and associated settlement, running along a high ridge of open close-cropped moorland.

Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Cornwall PROJECT ID: BM
• OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SX17NW 9
• Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 1929.10
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)
• SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SX17NW 76

Monument Type(s):

• BOUNDARY BANK (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

A boundary bank forming the north boundary of a field system and associated settlement (1929), running along a high ridge of open close-cropped moorland. In the 1980s this bank was surveyed from the air and on the ground by the RCHM (h1, h2, b1) and found to be an impressive reave, running south west across the moor, running from SX 1038 7643 to SX 1121 7667 and measuring 865m long. It is a turf covered stony bank 1.9m wide by 0.5m high. The bank is of similar proportions and construction to the four field banks (1929.3) which are connected to it but their relationship cannot be ascertained from present ground evidence. The boundary bank has been stripped of stone for part of its length, and at its east end becomes lost in an area of surface stone digging (h2).

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Site history:
2: 1984. FLETCHER, M / RCHM
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<1> RCHM, 1980s, 1:2500 Air Photo Transcript, SX 1076, SX 1176 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4238.

<2> CAU, 198-, Overlay to 1:10,000 SMR Map (Bibliographic reference). SCO5174.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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