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| HER Number: | MDV30655 |
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| Name: | Medieval fields on Pudsham Down |
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Summary
Medieval field banks on Pudsham Down. A number of linear earth banks divide up the slopes of Pudsham Down and in places the boundaries have incorporated sections of prehistoric reave.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 730 747 |
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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/265
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD SYSTEM (Late Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 3000 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
Gawne, E. + Somers Cockes, J. V., 1968, Parallel Reaves of Dartmoor, 284 (Article in Serial). SDV345858.
Belsey, P. M., 1983 - 1987, Buckland In The Moor Parish Checklist (Un-published). SDV345904.
17/3/1985 Bank and ditch up to 1 metre wide and 1 metre deep, divides Pudsham Down from the wall of Blackslade newtake to the north and the road southwards. The ditch cuts through three reaves and there is a marked change of vegetation from gorse and heather above the ditch and bracken below. The ditch is on the same alignment as the lane to Ruddycleave Farm, which branched off the main road at SX72867455.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Visible on the aerial photography.
Newman, P., 2015, Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, 56, fig 17 (Report - Survey). SDV359145.
Medieval field banks on Pudsham Down. A number of linear earth banks divide up the slopes of Pudsham Down and in places the boundaries have incorporated sections of prehistoric reave.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV345858 | Article in Serial: Gawne, E. + Somers Cockes, J. V.. 1968. Parallel Reaves of Dartmoor. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 100. A5 Hardback. 284. |
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| SDV345904 | Un-published: Belsey, P. M.. 1983 - 1987. Buckland In The Moor Parish Checklist. Parish Checklist. A4 Single Sheet. |
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| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #86947 ] |
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| SDV359145 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2015. Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. South-West Landscape Investigations. A4 Bound + Digital. 56, fig 17. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV103648 | Part of: Large field system centred on Halshanger Common (Monument) |
| MDV25152 | Related to: Ditch on Pudsham Down (Monument) |
| MDV112773 | Related to: Enclosure on Pudsham Down (Monument) |
| MDV30652 | Related to: Enclosure on Pudsham Down (Monument) |
| MDV25158 | Related to: Enclosure with hut circle on Pudsham Down (Monument) |
| MDV8001 | Related to: Longhouse on Pudsham Down (Monument) |
| MDV25160 | Related to: Parallel reaves on Pudsham Down (Monument) |
| MDV25157 | Related to: Pit or quarry on Pudsham Down, Buckland in the Moor (Monument) |
| MDV112769 | Related to: Rectangular building foundations on Pudsham Down (Building) |
| MDV112780 | Related to: Strip cultivation on Pudsham Common (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6836 - Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape survey
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 14 2021 10:46AM |
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