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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1010695) describes a parallel reave east of the Roughtor parallel reave. It runs north-west from the Eylesbarrow watershed reave for about 350 metres, where it joins enclosed fields south of Narrator Brook. It butts against the watershed reave, but they are different kinds of reave and are scheduled separately. It is a low bank of earth and stone 1.5 metres wide and 0.4 metres high, with a ditch along its east side. It lies in the parish of Sheepstor, about 0.8 km south-west of Combeshead Tor and 2.5 km east of Sheepstor.
Two enclosures go with it. One, with a hut circle, butts the reave on its west side towards the northern end. It is 36 metres across, with a bank 1 metre wide and 0.4 metres high that includes some large stones up to 0.5 metres, and an entrance on the south side. A hut in the south-east angle between the enclosure wall and the reave is 6 metres across, with walls 0.5 metres wide and 0.75 metres high. The other enclosure crosses the reave a little south-east of its middle. It is 14 metres across, with a bank 2 metres wide and 0.75 metres high.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1010695, which cites Devon County Sites and Monuments Register SX56NE-431, SX56NE-430 and SX56NE-429 (1990).
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