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HER Number: | MDV26728 |
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Name: | Field System on Rowden Ball |
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Summary
Prehistoric parallel reave system on Rowden Ball including several enclosures and hut circles. Nationally important site.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 698 760 |
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Map Sheet: | SX67NE |
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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
- SHINE: Earthworks of Bronze Age structures and features on Rowden Down comprising a parallel reave system incorporating Bronze Age enclosures, hut circles and a ring cairn
Other References/Statuses
- Dartmoor Non-designated Heritage Asset (Evidential): NI Site
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/49/2
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PARALLEL REAVE SYSTEM (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2149, 4418-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDV282746.
Gawne, E. + Somers Cockes, J. V., 1968, Parallel Reaves of Dartmoor, 285 (Article in Serial). SDV345858.
Between the Shallowford farms and Jordan and on Rowden Down, the parallel reave system banks are following exactly the same direction as those to the west of Corndon Down.
Fleming, A., 1978, The Prehistoric Landscape of Dartmoor. Part 1: South Dartmoor, 97-123 (Article in Serial). SDV235265.
Field system east of the West Webburn river between Dartmeet and Windwhistle parallel reave systems.
National Monuments Record, 1979, SF 1459, 38-30 (Aerial Photograph). SDV64329.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, SX67NE (Cartographic). SDV337077.
The parallel reaves on Rowdon Down appear to be part of the Dartmeet Parallel Reave System. They are surrounded by enclosed land containing fossilised reaves. The alignment of these reaves is north-east to south-west. An enclosure at SX69947595 is incorporated into the reaves at SX69947595. The system is visible on 1948 and 1979 aerial photographs.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 140 (Monograph). SDV299725.
Rowden Ball rises to an island hilltop of moorland grazing surrounded by fields except for an open corridor down to the road on the east. Reaves in the same series cross the slopes orientated to the north-east and appear originally to have ended in the damp ground a short distance to the north, close to the Rowden road. The upper slopes of Rowden Ball were recolonised in Medieval times but some of the higher enclosures have since had to be abandoned and their ditched banks have reverted to moorland amidst the Prehistoric ones. The summit itself was never cleared of surface stone. Near the little summit tor a single hut of 7 metres diameter was built within a small field , with an outer enclosure on the opposite side of the reave. A hut of 8 metres diameter and built of massive stones lies just above the present fields to the south, surrounded by an outer concentric bank which has been partly destroyed by the track to Broadaford. Other details: Map 19 Site 2.
Gerrard, S., 2004, List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor (Un-published). SDV345444.
Coaxial fields on Rowden Ball were considered for designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument in 2004. Other details: Site 58.
Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.
Modern map boundaries used to digitise this polygon as the remains extend to the cover this area.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV235265 | Article in Serial: Fleming, A.. 1978. The Prehistoric Landscape of Dartmoor. Part 1: South Dartmoor. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 44. Unknown. 97-123. |
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SDV282746 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2149. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4418-9. |
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SDV299725 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East. One. Paperback Volume. 140. |
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SDV337077 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. SX67NE. Air Photographs Unit. Map (Paper). |
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SDV345444 | Un-published: Gerrard, S.. 2004. List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor. Digital. |
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SDV345858 | Article in Serial: Gawne, E. + Somers Cockes, J. V.. 1968. Parallel Reaves of Dartmoor. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 100. A5 Hardback. 285. |
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SDV350786 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #112047 ] |
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SDV64329 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1979. SF 1459. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 38-30. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV12961 | Parent of: Cairn or hut circle, Rowden Ball (Monument) |
MDV26730 | Parent of: ENCLOSURE in the Parish of Widecombe in the Moor (Monument) |
MDV29759 | Related to: Circular Mounds to south-east of Broadaford Farm, Widecombe in the Moor (Monument) |
MDV6030 | Related to: Dartmeet parallel reave system - northern section (Monument) |
MDV26447 | Related to: FOSSILISED REAVE SYSTEM in the Parish of Widecombe in the Moor (Monument) |
MDV26448 | Related to: Fossilised Reave System to south-east of Broadaford Farm, Widecombe in the Moor (Monument) |
MDV6103 | Related to: HUT CIRCLE in the Parish of Widecombe in the Moor (Monument) |
MDV132275 | Related to: Possible enclosure on Rowden Ball (Monument) |
MDV53018 | Related to: REAVE in the Parish of Widecombe in the Moor (Monument) |
MDV130316 | Related to: Windwhistle reave, Bittleford Down (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Jan 28 2022 12:13PM |
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