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Summary

Assycombe Hill Ridge Reave forms the N boundary of Stannon Block System.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1021339: Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlement, two cairns and a stone alignment in Little Stannon Newtake, 900m south east of Stannon Tor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/180/1
• Old SAM Ref: 34498.01

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• REAVE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Fleming, A., 1983, The Prehistoric Landscape of Dartmoor. Part 2: North and East Dartmoor, 210 (Article in Serial). SDV227880.

Assycombe Hill Ridge Reave forms the N boundary of Stannon Block System. If the reave was built in an E-W direction it was bent to avoid the S end of a stone row (PRN 6642). Other details: Part 2.

English Heritage, 2004, Untitled Source (Schedule Document). SDV320500.

Reave running southwest to northeast from SX65118087 to SX65638128 as part of a group of coaxial fields above the 'Stannon Brook'.

English Heritage, 2011, Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South West, 117 (Report - non-specific). SDV355280.

Generally satisfactory but with significant localised problems. Declining. Principal vulnerability plant growth.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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