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Summary

Short, straight, length of bank with definite vertical face visible in marshy area between enclosed settlement and lane (disused) to Ruddycleave Farm.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1004589: Hut circles and fields on Buckland Common
• SHINE: Earthwork remains of a Bronze Age parallel reave system on Buckland Common and Blackslade Down, including prehistoric hut circle settlements and cairns, medieval and later remains

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SW/336
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PEAT CUTTING? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

Pascoe, E., Note (Personal Comment). SDV283021.

Local tradition of peat and turf cutting in this area.

Belsey, P. M., 1983 - 1987, Buckland In The Moor Parish Checklist (Un-published). SDV345904.

Possibly seen as a hut circle in Royal Commission 1985 aerial photograph survey.

Weddell, P. J., 1987, Note, 15/2/1987 (Personal Comment). SDV283020.

Short, straight, length of bank with definite vertical face visible in marshy area between enclosed settlement and lane (disused) to Ruddycleave Farm.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6836 - Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape survey

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