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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1010784) describes a 350-metre length of reave across the summit of Hingston Hill. It is a rubble bank 2 metres wide and up to 0.5 metres high. The northern part runs north-north-east to south-south-west and turns to a north-west to south-east line along its southern length. It lies in the parish of Walkhampton, about 0.5 km north of Combeshead Tor and 3.1 km north-east of Sheepstor.
Historic England reads its purpose as a boundary between a ritual area, with at least three cairns, a stone alignment and an enclosure, and a large enclosed settlement with its fields and upland grazing. It separates monuments of about the same date, most of which have their own schedulings.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1010784, which cites the Devon County Sites and Monuments Register (SX56NE492, 1986), the National Archaeological Record (SX56NE171) and fieldwork for the Monuments Protection Programme by S. Gerrard.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1010784)
- Grid reference: SX 5859 6927 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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