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| HER Number: | MDV26447 |
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| Name: | FOSSILISED REAVE SYSTEM in the Parish of Widecombe in the Moor |
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Summary
West of corndon down the field boundaries of sherril and across the wallabrook into the forest of bakeny are all precisely aligned.(gawne and somers).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 675 753 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Widecombe in the Moor |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/230
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FOSSILISED REAVE SYSTEM (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV298119.
Aph=raf cpe/uk 2149/4420-4421(11/3/1948).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV298120.
Gawne, e. + somers cocks, j. V. /tda/100(1968)285/parallel reaves of dartmoor. West of corndon down the field boundaries of sherril and across the wallabrook into the forest of bakeny are all precisely aligned.(gawne and somers).
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Possible fossilized reave system within the fields north of Sherril, which are aligned with the fossilized reave system south of Sherril, SX67SE/240. Reaves run into the northern fields from the parallel reave system SX67NE/49. Visible on RAF 1948 aerial at SX 6757 7530.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV298119 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV298120 | Migrated Record: |
| 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
| MDV26728 | Related to: Field System on Rowden Ball (Monument) |
| MDV15076 | Related to: Settlement on Jordan Ball (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV1246 - Widecombe parish Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 24 2023 3:23PM |
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