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| HER Number: | MDV52801 |
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| Name: | Field system 500m south of Higher White Tor |
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Summary
Fragmented elements of a field system situated at centre SX 62007810 on a slight to moderate S slope 500m S of Higher White Tor. Field boundaries survive as low stoney banks averaging 1.2m wide and 0.3m high, the majority completely vegetation covered. The main surviving element is a bank commencing at SX 62117779 and running an intermittent, curving course NE, N then W ending at SX 62227818.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 620 779 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork and structural remains of a fragmentary field system likely to be prehistoric west of Powdermills
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67NW192
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 883951
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/289
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD SYSTEM (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, P. Pattison (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(09/08/1989) Fragmented elements of a field system situated at centre SX 62007810 on a slight to moderate S slope 500m S of Higher White Tor.
Field boundaries survive as low stoney banks averaging 1.2m wide and 0.3m high, the majority completely vegetation covered. The main surviving element is a bank commencing at SX 62117779 and running an intermittent, curving course NE, N then W ending at SX 62227818. From its N section three banks leave it to head broadly N. There is no direct indicators of its former extent, but it seems to partly encompass an area of dense clitter. this might suggest that the main curving bank was a limit of expansion fields being situated to its N and W.
Gerrard, S., 1993-2010, Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report (Report - non-specific). SDV145710.
(17/09/1998) Considered under MPP but not recommended for scheduling.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV145710 | Report - non-specific: Gerrard, S.. 1993-2010. Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report. English Heritage. Unknown. |
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| SDV350839 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. P. Pattison. [Mapped feature: #135469 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8645 - Powder Mills and Gawler Newtake, Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 14 2023 1:06PM |
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