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| HER Number: | MDV27951 |
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| Name: | Field system around Whittaburrow, Widecombe in the Moor |
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Summary
Field system merging with walled boundaries to south-west and abutting parallel reave system at SX 7318 7520 visible on RAF 1946 aerial image at SX 7310 7510.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 727 752 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77NW |
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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: SX77NW/269
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD SYSTEM (Constructed, Early Bronze Age to Late Medieval - 2200 BC (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 1317 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Field system merging with walled boundaries to south-west and abutting parallel reave system at SX 7318 7520 visible on RAF 1946 aerial image at SX 7310 7510.
Middleton, R., 1998, Annotated map of the area around Wittaburrow (Plan - sketch). SDV290971.
Elements of this system are still visible on the ground. (Middleton also highlights parts of the parallel reave system; see MDV26975).
Environment Agency WMS, 2022, Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DSM 2022 - 1m Last return (Cartographic). SDV365448.
Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 1317. |
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| SDV290971 | Plan - sketch: Middleton, R.. 1998. Annotated map of the area around Wittaburrow. Digital. |
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| 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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| SDV365227 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2023. Mastermap 2023. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #141187 System still in use south of Farm, ] |
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| SDV365448 | Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 2022. Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DSM 2022 - 1m Last return. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. [Mapped feature: #141186 Single former field boundary that doesn't seem to fit either the parallel system to east or field system to west, ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV103648 | Part of: Large field system centred on Halshanger Common (Monument) |
| MDV15625 | Related to: Blackslade Farmstead, Widecombe in the Moor (Monument) |
| MDV113255 | Related to: Drift lane south-east of Tunhill Rocks (Monument) |
| MDV25162 | Related to: Field system north of Challamoor and Ruddycleave, Buckland in the Moor (Monument) |
| MDV29747 | Related to: Gatepost (Monument) |
| MDV7427 | Related to: Gatepost (Monument) |
| MDV51760 | Related to: Gravel Pit south-west of Blackslade (Monument) |
| MDV26972 | Related to: Hut circle settlement south-east of Wittaburrow, Widecombe in the Moor (Monument) |
| MDV26975 | Related to: Parallel reaves around Whittaburrow (Monument) |
| MDV7469 | Related to: Possible long barrow near the top of Chittleford Hill (Monument) |
| MDV26805 | Related to: Ridge and furrow on Blackslade Down (Monument) |
| MDV26805 | Related to: Ridge and furrow on Blackslade Down (Monument) |
| MDV26805 | Related to: Ridge and furrow on Blackslade Down (Monument) |
| MDV26805 | Related to: Ridge and furrow on Blackslade Down (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV1246 - Widecombe parish Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 12 2023 3:07PM |
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