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Summary

A cropmark of a small enclosure forming part of a parallel reave system. The field walls measure 1.2 metres wide and 0.5 metres high. Scheduled.

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: SX68NE26
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443732
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NW/52

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2082, 4352 (Aerial Photograph). SDV221887.

(SX 64958563) Enclosure cropmark. Possibly associated with parallel reaves (SX 68 NW 24).

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

Not visible on 1947 RAF aerial photograph.

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

(19/08/1991) Centred SX 64958563. Several lengths of disturbed stoney field walls SE of Stone Tor. These features are on average 1.2m wide and survive to a maximum height of 0.5m. They formerly marked the edges of small prehistoric enclosures within the Shovel Down Parallel Reave System.
(See RCHME survey 'Shovel Down' at 1:2500 scale).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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