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HER Number:MDV12904
Name:Shaden Moor parallel reave system

Summary

Remains of reaves running north-north-east by south-south-west across Shaden Moor, in association with Saddlesborough Reave in the north-east.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 547 635
Map Sheet:SX56SW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishShaugh Prior
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishSHAUGH PRIOR

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SW/46

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • PARALLEL REAVE SYSTEM (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV153054.

Des=worksheet/parish file. Shaden moor. Vis=estimated -/-/1976 (greeves) evidence of parallel reave system running across shaden moor from approx nne to ssw from western continuation of main saddlesborough reave. These parallel boundaries can be traced in modern boundaries between shaden moor and brag lane. Shaden moor has been practically 'improved' by modern agricultural practice and the reave system has been damaged.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV153055.

Aph=raf/106g/uk/1190 3237(24/2/1946).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV153056.

Fleming, a. /the dartmoor reaves/(1988)40. On shaden moor parallel reaves on the same axis run up to a modern wall on the line of saddlesborough reave (sx56sw-332) are part of a single system with minimum width of 2.5 km and minimum length of c 1.0 km (fleming).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV153058.

Des=dick, a.(dcc)/(-/-/2003)/as above. Greeves gives ngr sx548635 (dick).

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

At least five parallel reaves running across Shaden Moor from western continuation of main Saddlesborough Reave. Divisions of these reaves into fields only visible to extreme east of map. Some of these reaves continue into farmland to the north of Shaugh Prior in a fossilised form, crf: SX56SW/91.

Gerrard, S., 1993-2010, Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report (Report - non-specific). SDV145710.

(-/-/1995) Grid reference (SX 5480 6599) is very suspect. Considered under MPP but not suitable for scheudling because fossilised.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, Map 48, 2 (Monograph). SDV137656.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Area of the reave system visible on aerial photography, used in conjunction with Butler's plan and the modern mapping to digitise this feature. Map object based on this source.

Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.

Map object based on this source.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV137656Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. Map 48, 2.
SDV145710Report - non-specific: Gerrard, S.. 1993-2010. Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report. English Heritage. Unknown.
SDV153054Migrated Record:
SDV153055Aerial Photograph:
SDV153056Migrated Record:
SDV153058Migrated Record:
SDV319854Cartographic: 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.
SDV346026Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital.
SDV350786Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.

Associated Monuments

MDV25299Related to: Fossilised reave system north of Shaugh Prior (Monument)
MDV130478Related to: Hut circle on south-east side of settlement at Shaden Moor, Shaugh Prior (Monument)
MDV130479Related to: Hut circle on south-east side of Shaden Moor field system, Shaugh Prior (Monument)
MDV12903Related to: Hut circle settlement, Shaden Moor, Shaugh Prior (Monument)
MDV130476Related to: Hut circle within settlement at Shaden Moor, Shaugh Prior (Monument)
MDV130477Related to: Hut circle within settlement at Shaden Moor, Shaugh Prior (Monument)
MDV2573Related to: Saddlesborough Reave, Shaugh Moor and Shaden moor (Monument)
MDV48900Related to: Same as MDV2573 (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jul 18 2023 11:01AM