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A 350m length of reave on Hingston Hill, 470m NNW of Combshead Tor

England
List entry 1010784
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010784
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.21 hectares
Grid reference
SX 58606 69213
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

A 350m length of reave on Hingston Hill, 470m NNW of Combshead Tor, is a Bronze Age field boundary system surviving as an upstanding earthwork on Dartmoor. Reaves are characteristic features of later Bronze Age agricultural landscapes, typically dating between the second and first millennia BC, and this example represents the planned subdivision of moorland for pastoral and arable farming. The monument consists of a substantial linear stone bank constructed from granite rubble, which forms part of the wider network of reave systems documented across Dartmoor's high moorland. The site's survival and extent contribute to understanding prehistoric land management and social organisation during the Bronze Age period on the southwestern moors.

A 350m length of reave on Hingston Hill, 470m NNW of Combshead Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010784. View the official record →

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What is A 350m length of reave on Hingston Hill, 470m NNW of Combshead Tor?

A 350m length of reave on Hingston Hill, 470m NNW of Combshead Tor, is a Bronze Age field boundary system surviving as an upstanding earthwork on Dartmoor. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010784.

Who is responsible for protecting A 350m length of reave on Hingston Hill, 470m NNW of Combshead Tor?

A 350m length of reave on Hingston Hill, 470m NNW of Combshead Tor is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1010784.

What other scheduled monuments are near A 350m length of reave on Hingston Hill, 470m NNW of Combshead Tor?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hut circle 1000yds (915m) E of Coleland Bridge (8.8 km), Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm (9.5 km), Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down (9.6 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
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Civil War
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Geology
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LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Hut circle 1000yds (915m) E of Coleland Bridge
8.8 km
Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm
9.5 km
Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down
9.6 km
Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner
9.9 km
Stone alignment and retaining kerb on Burford Down
10.3 km
Cairn to the west of Tristis Rock, Burford Down
10.5 km
Boringdon Camp hillfort and associated remains
10.5 km
Cairn south-east of Lower Piles
10.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under A 350m length of reave on Hingston Hill, 470m NNW of Combshead Tor

A 350m length of reave on Hingston Hill, 470m NNW of Combshead Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

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