Reave
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A reave is a long and generally straight boundary wall made of stone that was built during the Bronze Age. Reaves were identified as prehistoric features on Dartmoor in Devon, England in 1972, and although they had been described by antiquarians in the 1820s, the knowledge of their origins had been lost, ignored and misrepresented for around 150 years.[1]
There are three main classes of reaves: parallel reaves divided land to create rectilinear fields which were sometimes subdivided by cross reaves. Terminal reaves tend to run for great distances along contours or watersheds and served to divide the enclosed areas from the higher open moor. In total, the reaves on Dartmoor cover an area of over Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]
There are over 20 major field systems delineated by reaves on Dartmoor. The largest is around Rippon Tor, which covers over Script error: No such module "convert".. Other large systems are North Dart (over Script error: No such module "convert".), South Dart (Script error: No such module "convert".) and Easdon Down (Script error: No such module "convert".).[3]
The longest reave identified on Dartmoor is known as the Great Western Reave, which, although incomplete, stretches over Script error: No such module "convert". from beyond White Tor in the north, over Roos Tor, through the Merrivale archaeological landscape and Foggintor granite quarries to its southern end, east of Sharpitor, by the side of the B3212 road.[4]
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