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| HER Number: | MDV26472 |
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| Name: | FOSSILISED REAVE SYSTEM in the Parish of Widecombe in the Moor |
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Summary
West of corndon down the field boundaries of sherril and across the wallabrook into the forest, of babeny are all precisely aligned (gawne and cocks).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 677 746 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Widecombe in the Moor |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/240
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FOSSILISED REAVE SYSTEM (Early Bronze Age to Post Medieval - 2200 BC to 1750 AD)
Full description
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV298207.
Aph=nmr sf1748/397-410(23/4/1980).
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV298208.
Aph=raf cpe/uk 2149/4420-1(11/6/1947).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV298209.
Gawne, e. + somers cocks, j. V. /tda/100(1968)285/parallel reaves of dartmoor. West of corndon down the field boundaries of sherril and across the wallabrook into the forest, of babeny are all precisely aligned (gawne and cocks).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV298210.
Dcra widecombe survey/(1979)vol iv 729. Middle sherwill, oakencoombe, field no 2277 (tithe map). Vis=15/5/1979 (dcra). This field has a ridge, said to extend onto yar tor common and at the other end to corndon down which is being removed by the farmer. Some medium sized boulders are visible where bulldozing has taken place (dcra).
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
SX 6778 7462 Probable fossilized reave system since the reaves in the south, SX67SE/236, appear to continue as boundaries in the present enclosed land, and one reave actually extends into a field at SX 6796 7437. Extends from SX 6794 7431 to SX 6759 7491 and probably onto SX67NE as SX67NE/230. The reaves end at a stream. Visible on NMR 1980 and 1947 RAF aerials.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV298207 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV298208 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV298209 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV298210 | Migrated Record: |
| 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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| SDV359954 | Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV1246 - Widecombe parish Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 24 2023 3:45PM |
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