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HER Number:MDV26885
Name:FIELD SYSTEM in the Parish of North Bovey

Summary

Field system, with extensive ridge and furrow, visible on RAF 1940s aerial images on Hookway Down, between SX 7030 8120 and SX 7035 8220.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 703 815
Map Sheet:SX78SW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishNorth Bovey
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishNORTH BOVEY

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Earthwork remains on Coombe and Hookney Downs including Prehistoric settlement and field system, overlaid by later Medieval field system with ridge and furrow

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78SW/171
  • SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FIELD SYSTEM (Late Neolithic to Late Medieval - 3000 BC to 1539 AD)

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV302080.

Aph=raf cpe uk 1824/3040(4/11/1946).

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1995, 4356 (Aerial Photograph). SDV224714.

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

Field system, with extensive ridge and furrow, visible on RAF 1940s aerial images on Hookway Down, between SX 7030 8120 and SX 7035 8220.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV224714Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1995. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4356.
SDV302080Aerial Photograph:
SDV319854Cartographic: 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.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jul 25 2023 11:09AM