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Cross Dyke reave is a Bronze Age field boundary system located in Devon, England. It forms part of the extensive network of reaves, or prehistoric stone-built field divisions, that characterise the landscape of Dartmoor and surrounding areas during the later Bronze Age, typically dating to around 1500–700 BCE. The monument consists of a linear stone bank or wall that would have served to demarcate land divisions and manage livestock movement across the moorland terrain. Such reaves represent significant evidence of organised agricultural management and land tenure systems in prehistoric Devon, reflecting a period of intensified settlement and cultivation in the Bronze Age.
Cross Dyke reave is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010811. View the official record →
Cross Dyke reave is a Bronze Age field boundary system located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010811.
Cross Dyke reave 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 1010811.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm (4.1 km), Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner (4.5 km), Boringdon Camp hillfort and associated remains (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cross Dyke reave's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cross Dyke reave stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.