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Summary

Ridge and furrow is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 as subtle earthwork banks on the west-facing slopes at the western limit of Shaugh Moor, north-west of Beatland Cross. The earthworks are probably evidence of cultivation or agricultural improvement of medieval to post-medieval date associated with an extensive field system that extends east onto Shaugh Moor.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Bronze age landscapes on Shaugh Moor and Wooter Moor comprising earthworks and walling of enclosures, hut circles, cairns, stone circles and rows, reaves and field systems, and medieval and post medieval field systems

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56SE41
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1123253
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SW/92

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• RIDGE AND FURROW (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV167880.

Aph=raf 106g 1190 3235(24/2/1946).

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, RAF/106G/UK/1190 RP 3235-3236 27-FEB-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363067.

Linear banks are visible as subtle earthworks.

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

SX 5455 6258 Remains of east-west ridge and furrow on bowling green and in field to the immediate west at SX 5445 6258. The bulk within field system crf: SX56SW/89.

Fletcher, M. + Probert, S., 1998, Shaugh Moor, Devon: An Archaeological Survey (Report - Survey). SDV343481.

(23/03/1998) Centred at SX54766260. Two large plots of ridge and furrow cultivation lie in the angle formed by two roads at the foot of a west-facing hillslope, The ridges are up to 2.3m wide and 0.3m high; they are covered by closely cropped turf and around the fringes mature gorse bushes.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5462 Tellus DTM 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV361514.

Linear banks are visible as subtle earthworks.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2021, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

Linear and parallel banks spaced circa 4 to 7m apart, are visible as subtle earthworks extending over circa 2.2ha of the west-facing slopes of Shaugh Moor, north-west of Beatland Cross, including the plot annotated on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25inch map as ‘Bowling Green’.
The parallel banks are enclosed by the boundaries of extensive field system of probable medieval or post-medieval date that extends eastwards onto Shaugh Moor and are interpreted as ridge and furrow, evidence of cultivation or agricultural improvement of medieval to post-medieval date.
Sections of ridge and furrow remain visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)
• EDV4967 - Shaugh Moor Survey (1997-1998)

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