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Summary

Samples taken at Merrivale of the blanket peat between the stone rows and around the Great Western Reave were dated in 1999 to the period AD 220 - AD 540; as expected these indicate the peat formed prior to the construction of the stone rows and reave.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1013429: Three stone alignments, ten cairns, three stone hut circles and a length of the Great Western Reave on Longash Common

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION (III to VI - 220 AD (Between) to 540 AD (Between)) + Sci.Date

Full description

Bayliss, A. + Ramsey, C. B. + Cook, G. + Marshall, P. + McCormac, G. + van der Plicht, J., 2017, Radiocarbon Dates from Samples Funded by English Heritage between 1998 and 2003, 214-5 (Report - Scientific). SDV364809.

[GU–5773 1670 ±50 BP] The blanket peat between and surrounding the stone rows at Merrivale, Dartmoor was sampled in 1996 in order to date the peat formation at this site; accepted wisom is that the peat post-dates that the construction of the rows in the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age period.
The samples submitted in March 1999 were dated to the Roman period (AD 330-420 and AD 240-540), which was as expected.
[GU–5774 1760 ±50 BP] The sample submitted in March 1999 was also dated to the Roman period (calibrated dates AD 220-350 and AD 130-400), which was as expected.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8901 - Palaeoenvironmental sampling, Merrivale

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