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| HER Number: | MDV63817 |
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| Name: | Field system on Roborough Down |
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Summary
Field system orientated southwest - northeast with main boundary banks extending onto the northern slopes. Ridge + furrow cultivation to the south while northern part is divided into strips by smaller stony banks c3.5m apart with further small banks forming sub-divisions with 4 or 5 baulks between them (rowe).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 502 695 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Buckland Monachorum |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BUCKLAND MONACHORUM |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork remains of a Medieval farmstead with associated features including field system and hollow way with three Bronze Age hut circles on Roborough Down
- SHINE: Earthwork and structural remains of the World War II RAF Harrowbeer airfield, as well as medieval fields and farms, industrial tin working, sections of the Devonport and Plymouth Leats, and part of the Plymouth and Dartmoor Tramway on Roborough Down
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX47SE/346
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD SYSTEM (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
ROWE, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV16367.
Field system orientated southwest - northeast with main boundary banks extending onto the northern slopes. Ridge + furrow cultivation to the south while northern part is divided into strips by smaller stony banks c3.5m apart with further small banks forming sub-divisions with 4 or 5 baulks between them (rowe).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV248271.
Des=rowe,a. /buckland monachorum: a west devon down + its history/(1999)17/copy in pf.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV16367 | Migrated Record: ROWE. |
| SDV248271 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments
| MDV62872 | Related to: Farmstead, Buckland Monachorum (Monument) |
| MDV48933 | Related to: Gravel pit on Roborough Down (Monument) |
| MDV63803 | Related to: Hedgebanks of large field on Roborough Down (Monument) |
| MDV62874 | Related to: Hollow way on Roborough Down (Monument) |
| MDV62873 | Related to: Hollow way on Roborough Down (Monument) |
| MDV28251 | Related to: Hut circles on Roborough Down (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 21 2017 4:18PM |
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