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| HER Number: | MDV20588 |
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| Name: | Field system on Yennadon Down |
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Summary
Possible prehistoric field system on yennadon down. Parallel lines of small stones are visible, running very roughly e-w. The lines are 10m - 30m apart and have a characteristic wiggle to them. At least nine lines were recorded (greeves).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 548 686 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Meavy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MEAVEY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX56NW43
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 901298
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NW/81
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD SYSTEM (Late Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 3000 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV238118.
Nmr=sx56nw43.
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2149, 3443 (Aerial Photograph). SDV282746.
Greeves, T. A. P., 1979, South West Water Authority Burrator Survey, No. 54 (Report - non-specific). SDV278356.
SX 548 686 Possible Prehistoric field system on Yennadon Down. Parallel lines of small stones are visible, running very roughly east-west. The lines are 10m - 30m apart and have a characteristic wiggle to them. At least nine lines were recorded by Greeves.
[No sketch plan accompanies this worksheet; hard to establish the extent of these features. Richards, A. F., 28/11/2023].
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
The field system is not visible on the 1946/7 Royal Air Force photos. The cairns/hut circles were not recorded.
Gilbertson, D. + Collis, J., 1985, Linear Banks on Crownhill Down, Dartmoor, 65 (Article in Serial). SDV337244.
A system of linear banks, 10-30m apeart, has been discovered on Yennadon Down, SX548686. They may be an arable field system.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV238118 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV278356 | Report - non-specific: Greeves, T. A. P.. 1979. South West Water Authority Burrator Survey. Devon Committee for Rescue Archaeology Report. 18. A4 Unbound. No. 54. |
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| SDV282746 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2149. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 3443. |
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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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| SDV337244 | Article in Serial: Gilbertson, D. + Collis, J.. 1985. Linear Banks on Crownhill Down, Dartmoor. Landscape History. 7. Unknown. 65. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 28 2023 10:43AM |
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