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| HER Number: | MDV13297 |
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| Name: | Field system north of Yalland, South Brent |
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Summary
Remains of a possible prehistoric field system, at Shipley / Yalland, South Brent, on the southern edge of Dockwell Ridge. Many of the walls are newtake walls and probably 18th century whilst others are medieval field banks, some of which remain functional. Underlying all the present fields walls are fragments of others which may be prehistoric in origin and which do not seem to relate to the present fields.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 690 632 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | South Brent |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SOUTH BRENT |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/166
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD SYSTEM (Late Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 3000 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV148802.
Aph=raf/cpe/uk/2494 4042-4043(11/3/1948).
Robinson, R., 1978, South Brent Parish Checklist (Un-published). SDV137445.
Remains of field system, shipley. Vis=estimated -/-/1978 (robinson, r. ). There is a possible prehistoric field system on the southern edge of dockwell ridge. The area includes the land belonging to the saxon farm sites of shipley and yalland. Many of the walls are newtake walls lacking an earth core, and probably 18th century while some are apparently medieval field banks in some places still functional and in some parts fragmentary. The land slopes steeply to the se and is densely overgrown with bracken. Underlying all the present fields walls are fragments of others which may be prehistoric in origin and which do not seem to relate to the present fields. The origin of the place name 'yalland' may be significant here as indication of 'old land' in which the saxons saw some kind of earlier cultivation. Vis=field system on the edge of the moorland extending from sx68696314 to sx69556357. Series of boundaries within the present enclosed land. Includes the yallard warren sx66se/246 and three longhouses sx66se/210 and sx66se/408.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Visible on 1948 RAF aerial.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV137445 | Un-published: Robinson, R.. 1978. South Brent Parish Checklist. Parish Checklist. |
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| SDV148802 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| 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. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV25712 | Related to: ENCLOSURE in the Parish of South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV5758 | Related to: Enclosure with two hut circles at Yalland Warren, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129420 | Related to: Hut circle within enclosure at Yalland Warren, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129421 | Related to: Hut circle within enclosure at Yalland Warren, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129422 | Related to: Pillow mound at Yalland Warren, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129423 | Related to: Pillow mound at Yalland Warren, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129425 | Related to: Pillow mound at Yalland Warren, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129428 | Related to: Pillow mound at Yalland Warren, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129429 | Related to: Pillow mound at Yalland Warren, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129430 | Related to: Pillow mound at Yalland Warren, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129431 | Related to: Pillow mound at Yalland Warren, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129432 | Related to: Pillow mound at Yalland Warren, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV25713 | Related to: Rectangular features north-east of Yalland Warren, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV113218 | Related to: Yalland Farm, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV13384 | Related to: Yalland Warren, South Brent (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 18 2023 11:22AM |
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