Reasons for Designation
Dartmoor is the largest expanse of open moorland in southern Britain and,
because of exceptional conditions of preservation, it is also one of the most
complete examples of an upland relict landscape in the whole country. The
great wealth and diversity of archaeological remains provides direct evidence
for human exploitation of the Moor from the early prehistoric period onwards.
The well-preserved and often visible relationship between settlement sites,
major land boundaries, trackways, ceremonial and funerary monuments as well as
later industrial remains, gives significant insights into successive changes
in the pattern of land use through time.
Details
Eylesbarrow watershed reave can be traced from Cadworthy Wood to Eylesbarrow,
a distance of some 7.5km, separating the watershed of the Plym from that of
the Meavy. This part of the reave runs up the slope of Eylesbarrow from the
stream north of Scout Hut at its south-western end to streamworkings which
truncate its north-eastern end, a total distance of some 1.05km. The reave
consists of a bank of earth and stone up to 3m in width and 0.5m in height and
was the terminal reave for Roughtor parallel reave and another parallel reave.
Although it abuts these two reaves, for purposes of clarity and because they
are different reave forms, these three reaves have been defined as separate
schedulings.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number:
10743
Legacy System:
RSM
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Legal
This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
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