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Summary

A series of abandoned fields forming a larger system containing ridge and furrow. The fields vary in size but are all bounded by turf and stone banks measuring 1.5m wide and 0.6m high.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks and stone walling remains of an extensive Bronze Age field system, reaves, enclosures, cairns and hut circle settlements on Riddon Ridge overlain with a medieval field system and associated enclosures and Whiteslade post-medieval farmstead
• Scheduled Monument 1018930: Two irregular aggregate field systems with associated settlements, part of a coaxial field system, boundary stones and historic fields on Riddon Ridge

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NE127
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 912828
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/248

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Constructed, Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
• FIELD SYSTEM (Constructed, Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
• RIDGE AND FURROW (Constructed, Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV246428.

Aph=raf 106g/uk 879/7015-17(2/10/1945).

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

Series of fields some of which contain ridge and furrow, which are clearly visible on RAF 1945 aerial photograph. A field to the south, SX67NE/241, may be related to these fields.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(27/08/1992) Centred SX 66547743. A cluster of abandoned fields straddling the Postbridge to Widecombe road on the north-eastern flank of Riddon Ridge. These irregularly shaped fields occupy an area of 8.75ha of which 4.7ha is covered by ridge-and-furrow. The latter are oriented east to west and measure between 1.6m and 2.7m wide and up to 0.2m high. The fields are bounded by turf and stone banks up to 1.5m wide and 0.6m high usually accompanied by an external ditch on average 1.4m wide and 0.5m deep.
Between SX 66457733 and SX 66637734 a hollow way (SX 67 NE 146) measuring up to 4.2m wide and 1.9m deep ascends the ridge along the edge of two fields.
For detailed 1:2500 plan see RCHME Riddon Ridge survey.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8296 - Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

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