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Summary

A cornditch orientated roughly west to east lies on the moderate east flank of Stonetor Hill. The bank is 1.8 metres wide and a maximum of 0.7 metres high and is flanked on its northern side by a ditch 1 metre wide and 0.3 metres deep. For most of its length NGR SX 6494 8570 to SX 6505 8572 it overlies a prehistoric reave but at the latter point it diverges with the reave carrying on to NGR SX 6508 8572.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1017874: The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68NE120
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 889399
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/280

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• REAVE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
• CORN DITCH (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Des=rchme/mapping from nmr air photos/(1985)/overlay in smr. The western section is shown on rchme to be an extension of the 'shovel down axial' boundary sx68ne/305 (rchme).

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(15/08/1991) SX 65058572 Cornditch overlying Reave.
SX 64948570 to SX 65088573. A cornditch orientated roughly W to E lies on the moderate E flank of Stonetor Hill. The bank 1.8m wide and a maximum of 0.7m high, is flanked on its N side by a ditch, 1.0m wide and 0.3m deep. For most of its length SX 64948570 to SX 65058572 it overlies a prehistoric reave but at the latter point it diverges with the reave carrying on to SX 65088572.
This feature is probably contemporary with the long N-S boundary (SX 68 NW 25) which itself is of probable late 18th or 19th century date.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8043 - Excavation on Shovel Down and Kes Tor (2003)
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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