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| HER Number: | MDV9333 |
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| Name: | Field system on Waye Down |
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Summary
Area under densely packed trees, difficult to penetrate. Minor features such as these could have been destroyed by tree planting operations. Not recorded in 1994 survey; may not have been visible on the ground.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 823 833 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX88SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Christow |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CHRISTOW |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX88SW8
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 447329
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX88SW/2
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD SYSTEM (Late Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 3000 BC? (Between) to 42 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1823, 4035 (Aerial Photograph). SDV121530.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1953, SX88SW8 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV310615.
(11/06/1953) Area centred at 8237 8323. Irregular scattered earth field banks; bracken covered ancient field system.
Silvester, R. J., 1977, Field system, Christow (Worksheet). SDV310614.
(14/08/1977) SX 8237 8323. Field system on Waye Down. Area under densely packed trees, difficult to penetrate. Minor features such as these could have been destroyed by tree planting operations.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Two curving linear banks banks visible at SX82358335 and SX82328332. There is an ovoid enclosure at SX82438329; (MDV26501).
Sharif, S., 1994, Woodland Archaeological Survey, Canonteign Woods, Devon (Report - Survey). SDV365924.
(March 1994) Not recorded in survey; may not have been visible on the ground.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV121530 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1823. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4035. |
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| SDV310614 | Worksheet: Silvester, R. J.. 1977. Field system, Christow. Worksheet. Digital. |
| SDV310615 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1953. SX88SW8. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Card Index. |
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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. [Mapped feature: #142388 ] |
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| SDV365924 | Report - Survey: Sharif, S.. 1994. Woodland Archaeological Survey, Canonteign Woods, Devon. Dartmoor National Park Authority. Digital + A4. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV134818 | Related to: Circular enclosure on Waye Down (Monument) |
| MDV26501 | Related to: Circular enclosure on Waye Down (Monument) |
| MDV26508 | Related to: Field system on Barton Down, Christow (Monument) |
| MDV134817 | Related to: Possible trial pits on Waye Down (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV9018 - Woodland Archaeological Survey, Canonteign Woods
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 15 2024 4:14PM |
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