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Cross Dyke reave is a Bronze Age field system situated in Devon, England. The reave is a substantial linear boundary bank formed by the clearance and arrangement of stone, characteristic of the extensive field divisions that were constructed across Dartmoor and surrounding areas during the Bronze Age, roughly between 1500 and 1000 BC. Like other reaves in the region, Cross Dyke represents evidence of organised agricultural land management and territorial division during this period, when communities established systematic patterns of pastoral and arable land use across the upland landscape. The monument survives as a visible earthwork and contributes to our understanding of Bronze Age settlement hierarchies and the intensification of land use in southwest England during prehistory.
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 system situated 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).
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