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HER Number:	MDV26620
Name:	Reaves and a possible walled lane or droveway in Bagtor Wood

Summary

Part of the Rippon Tor system. Reaves and a possible walled lane or droveway in Bagtor Wood. Reaves and a possible walled lane or droveway, contained within an area of former plantation at Bagtor Wood and badly disturbed as a result.

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 758 750
Map Sheet:	SX77NE
Admin Area	Dartmoor National Park
Civil Parish	Ilsington
District	Teignbridge
Ecclesiastical Parish	ILSINGTON

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument 1019603: Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Halshanger and Horridge Commons, forming part of the Rippon Tor coaxial field system
SHINE: Earthworks and stone walls of a Bronze Age parallel reave system on Mountsland, Halshanger and Horridge Commons, comprising the remains of a field system, hut circle settlements, enclosures and cairns, and surface remains of 19th century Hemsworthy Mine

Other References/Statuses

Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NE/185
Old SAM Ref: 28774(8)
SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

PARALLEL REAVE SYSTEM (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 1321 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Interpretation). SDV319854.

Reaves and walls visible south and east of reaves/walls at SX76007528 and SX75307513.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 15287, est. 2000 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Coaxial fields on Halsanger and Horridge commons, forming part of the Rippon Tor coaxial field system.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, Maps 4-6 (Monograph). SDV299725.

Newman , P., 2015, Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, 54, figure 19 (Report - Survey). SDV359145.

Reaves and a possible walled lane or droveway in Bagtor Wood. Reaves and a possible walled lane or droveway, contained within an area of former plantation at Bagtor Wood and badly disturbed as a result. Condition is now stable (but with legacy damage). SX75950 75050.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV169268	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 1321.


SDV277946	Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 15287, est. 2000.


SDV299725	Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East. One. Paperback Volume. Maps 4-6.


SDV319854	Interpretation: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic.


SDV359145	Report - Survey: Newman , P.. 2015. Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. South-West Landscape Investigations. A4 Bound + Digital. 54, figure 19.

Associated Monuments

MDV103648	Related to: Large field system centred on Halshanger Common (Monument)
MDV112867	Related to: Ovoid enclosure in former Bagtor Wood (Monument)
MDV25747	Related to: Parallel Reave System on Horridge Common (Monument)
MDV26617	Related to: Reaves within Bagtor inner enclosure (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

EDV6836 - Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape survey

Date Last Edited:	Mar 4 2016 10:58AM

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