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Summary

Extant. Integral part of parallel reave system. Vis=estimated -/-/1979 (robinson, r. ). A hollow way runs roughly north west south east across corringdon ball. It is related to the parallel reave system in the area, the alignments running parallel to it on the north east side and at right angles to the south west side (subject to confirmation by survey). The upper end appears to have been blocked in prehistoric period. It has been inspected by mr andrew fleming who considers it to be contemporary with the parallel reave system, and possibly represent access to the open moorland grazing beyond the reave system, from further to the south. To the south the hollow way fades on the southern slope of corringdon ball. The large boulders laid bare below the original ground level suggest that the way has been worn by the passage of cattle rather than carts.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/338

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HOLLOW WAY (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV151956.

Aph=nmr sf1743/51-54(9/4/1980).

Robinson, R., 1978, South Brent Parish Checklist (Un-published). SDV137445.

Des=parish checklist. Hollow way, corringdon ball. Extant. Integral part of parallel reave system. Vis=estimated -/-/1979 (robinson, r. ). A hollow way runs roughly north west south east across corringdon ball. It is related to the parallel reave system in the area, the alignments running parallel to it on the north east side and at right angles to the south west side (subject to confirmation by survey). The upper end appears to have been blocked in prehistoric period. It has been inspected by mr andrew fleming who considers it to be contemporary with the parallel reave system, and possibly represent access to the open moorland grazing beyond the reave system, from further to the south. To the south the hollow way fades on the southern slope of corringdon ball. The large boulders laid bare below the original ground level suggest that the way has been worn by the passage of cattle rather than carts.

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

Appears now as the divide the present enclosed land from the moorland. Visible on 1980 NMR aerial.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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