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HER Number:MDV26961
Name:Fossilised reave system around Bittleford Parks Farm, Widecombe

Summary

Area of walled fields, still in use at least till 1979, which may overlie a possible continuation of the parallel field system which lies to the north-west. However, the fossilized reave system and the parallel reave system are on slightly different alignments. The fossilized reave system extends to SX 7640 7070.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 710 753
Map Sheet:SX77NW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishWidecombe in the Moor
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishWIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NW/252

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FOSSILISED REAVE SYSTEM? (Early Bronze Age to Late Medieval - 2200 BC? (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV291870.

Aph=raf cpe uk 1890/1314(10/12/1946).

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

Area of walled fields, still in use at least till 1979, which may overlie a possible continuation of the parallel field system which lies to the north-west. However, the fossilized reave system and the parallel reave system are on slightly different alignments. The fossilized reave system extends to SX 7640 7070 (1946 aerial photograph).

Sources / Further Reading

SDV291870Aerial 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. [Mapped feature: #140590 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV7542Related to: Dunstone Down Field System (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV1246 - Widecombe parish Survey

Date Last Edited:May 9 2023 12:29PM