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HER Number:MDV53018
Name:Reave on Cator Common

Summary

A reave on Cator Common measuring up to 500 metres long.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 671 780
Map Sheet:SX67NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishWidecombe in the Moor
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishLYDFORD

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX67NE208
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 619168
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/106

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Fleming, A., 1988, The Dartmoor Reaves: Investigating Prehistoric Land Divisions, fig 28 (Monograph). SDV229071.

(SX 683780. reave approximately located from Fleming, 1988, fig 28 and Ordnance Survey 10,0000 1982 edition).
A reave aligned NW-SE runs across the slope to the north of Cator Common from the Walla Brook and is a little over 500m long.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV229071Monograph: Fleming, A.. 1988. The Dartmoor Reaves: Investigating Prehistoric Land Divisions. The Dartmoor Reaves: Investigating Prehistoric Land Divisions. Hardback Volume. fig 28.

Associated Monuments

MDV104813Related to: Field system at Grendon Farm, Widecombe (Monument)
MDV26728Related to: Field System on Rowden Ball (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

Date Last Edited:Feb 4 2022 9:49AM