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| HER Number: | MDV5833 |
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| Name: | Reave or trackway between Lower White Tor and Chittaford Down, Dartmoor Forest |
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Summary
Believed to be part of the Great Central Reave. Shown as an 'Ancient Trackway' on early 20th century map
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 631 793 |
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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 remains of part of the 19th century leat supplying Powder Mills gunpowder factory, as well as a leat and reave on Chittaford Down
- SHINE: Earthwork section of the Great Central Reave on Chittaford Down
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/2
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- REAVE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
Shown as an 'Ancient Trackway' on early 20th century map.
Royal Air Force, 1951, RAF/540/483, 4049-4049 (Aerial Photograph). SDV224087.
Photograph taken on 24th April 1951.
National Monument Record, 1969, SX6179, 4/42-54 (Aerial Photograph). SDV267882.
Photograph taken on 12th April 1969.
Fleming, A., 1978, The Prehistoric Landscape of Dartmoor. Part 1: South Dartmoor, 97-123 (Article in Serial). SDV235265.
This is a section of the "great central reave".
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX67NW5, SX67NW5 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV235417.
Visited on 14/th July 1950. Ancient trackway. A stone trackway crosses Bear Down, south of Devil Tor. It crosses the hill from east to west and is made of large rough slabs laid not quite close together, but a mans stride apart. R. H. Worth says that: "this is a reave (or bank) not a trackway".
Greeves, T. A. P., 1983, Middle Merripit Survey Drawing (Plan - measured). SDV321106.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Described as a path on the 1954 Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 scale map sheet, but looks like a reave on RAF 1951 and NMR 1969 aerials.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV224087 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1951. RAF/540/483. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4049-4049. |
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| SDV235265 | Article in Serial: Fleming, A.. 1978. The Prehistoric Landscape of Dartmoor. Part 1: South Dartmoor. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 44. Unknown. 97-123. |
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| SDV235417 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1979. SX67NW5. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. SX67NW5. |
| SDV267882 | Aerial Photograph: National Monument Record. 1969. SX6179. National Monument Record Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 4/42-54. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV321106 | Plan - measured: Greeves, T. A. P.. 1983. Middle Merripit Survey Drawing. Middle Merripit Survey Drawing. Digital. |
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| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #96036 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV135215 | Related to: 'Ancient Trackway' shown on historic map, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV5932 | Related to: Cairn with cist on Chittaford Down, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8648 - Middle Merripit Farm, Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 23 2024 2:57PM |
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