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HER Number:	MDV26729
Name:	Reave on Riddon Ridge

Summary

Passing reference in gawne & somers cocks. Part of the dartmeet parallel reave system: on the western side, the most northwesterly reave is clearly marked crossing riddon ridge (fleming).

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 667 764
Map Sheet:	SX67NE
Admin Area	Dartmoor National Park
Civil Parish	Dartmoor Forest
District	West Devon
Ecclesiastical Parish	LYDFORD

Protected Status

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
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

Other References/Statuses

Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/239
Old SAM Ref: 28733
SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

REAVE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

AM, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV230803.

Vis=est -/-/2000 (ancient monuments) appears to lie within scheduled area sam 28733 'two irregular aggregate field systems with associated settlements, part of a coaxial field system, boundary stones and historic fields on riddon ridge' (am).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV230805.

Aph=nmr sx6676/6 126-127(14/4/1977).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV230806.

Aph=nmr sx6676/4 98-103(14/4/1977).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV230807.

Fleming, a. /pps/44(1978)97-123/the prehistoric landscape of dartmoor.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV230808.

Gawne, e. + somers cocks, j. V. /tda/100(1968)284/parallel reaves on dartmoor.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV230809.

Des=ancient monuments/(2000).

Fleming, A., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV139025.

Passing reference in gawne & somers cocks. Part of the dartmeet parallel reave system: on the western side, the most northwesterly reave is clearly marked crossing riddon ridge (fleming).

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 2460-2461 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

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

Reave extending through complex area of enclosures SX67NE/150, some of which appear to spring from the reave itself. It is parallel to the two reaves either side, SX67NE/240 in the west and SX67NE/2 in the east. Visible on NMR 1977 and RAF 1946 aerial images.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV139025	Migrated Record: Fleming, A..
SDV169268	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 2460-2461.


SDV230803	Report - Survey: AM.


SDV230805	Aerial Photograph:


SDV230806	Aerial Photograph:


SDV230807	Migrated Record:
SDV230808	Migrated Record:
SDV230809	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.


SDV345521	Cartographic: English Heritage. 2005-2008. Prehistoric Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital. [Mapped feature: #85427 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV64233

Related to: Cairn at the northern end of a reave leading across Riddon Ridge (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

Date Last Edited:	Jul 25 2023 9:59AM

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