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HER Number: | MDV25160 |
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Name: | Parallel reaves on Pudsham Down |
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Summary
Three parallel reaves, which extend from Buckland Common to the south-east, and probably crossed Ruddycleave Water, run diagonally across the Down, where two of them halt at a terminal reave on the north-western slope.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 731 748 |
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Map Sheet: | SX77SW |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Buckland in the Moor |
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District | Teignbridge |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | BUCKLAND IN THE MOOR |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthworks and walling remains of a Bronze Age coaxial field system around Pil Tor with remains of reaves, enclosures, hut circle settlements including Foales Arrishes, continuing south onto Blackslade Down
- SHINE: Remains of a Bronze Age reave system fossilised in the fields west of Ruddycleave; part of a wider system that preserves potential links to nearby prehistoric reave systems
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SW/68/4
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PARALLEL REAVE SYSTEM (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 1316 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
Belsey, P. M., 1983 - 1987, Buckland In The Moor Parish Checklist, (checklist worksheet, no additional info) (Un-published). SDV345904.
Plane table survey in progress, 1987.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Parallel reave system, aligned north-west by south-east, with three major reaves and a reave aligned south-west by north-east at SX73067491.
The system appears to be related to field patterns in modern farmland to north-west and south-east, but its principal boundaries seem to be: 1. SX73327457, 2. SX79897455.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Visible on the aerial photography.
Newman, P., 2015, Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, 19, fig 17 (Report - Survey). SDV359145.
Three parallel reaves, which extend from Buckland Common to the south-east, and probably crossed Ruddycleave Water, run diagonally across the Down, where two of them halt at a terminal reave on the north-western slope.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 1316. |
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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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SDV345904 | Un-published: Belsey, P. M.. 1983 - 1987. Buckland In The Moor Parish Checklist. Parish Checklist. A4 Single Sheet. (checklist worksheet, no additional info). |
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SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #84951 ] |
SDV359145 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2015. Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. South-West Landscape Investigations. A4 Bound + Digital. 19, fig 17. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV25152 | Related to: Ditch on Pudsham Down (Monument) |
MDV112773 | Related to: Enclosure on Pudsham Down (Monument) |
MDV25158 | Related to: Enclosure with hut circle on Pudsham Down (Monument) |
MDV30650 | Related to: Field system remains at the eastern edge of Pudsham Down (Monument) |
MDV30655 | Related to: Medieval fields on Pudsham Down (Monument) |
MDV25215 | Related to: Parallel reaves on Blackslade Down (Monument) |
MDV31062 | Related to: Possible cairn on Pudsham Down (Monument) |
MDV112780 | Related to: Strip cultivation on Pudsham Common (Monument) |
MDV113191 | Related to: Two glider poles on Pudsham Down (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6836 - Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape survey
- EDV1246 - Widecombe parish Survey
Date Last Edited: | Aug 22 2023 4:09PM |
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