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A Dartmoor fact about Brentor Church (St Michael de Rupe)
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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1010669) describes part of the Eylesbarrow watershed reave, which can be traced from Cadworthy Wood to Eylesbarrow, about 7.5 kilometres, and divides the watershed of the River Plym from that of the River Meavy. This section runs down the slope of Eylesbarrow for about 130 metres as a bank of earth and stone up to 5 metres wide and 0.75 metres high. Gaps on either side, where it cannot be traced, separate it from the other sections. It lies in the parish of Sheepstor, about 0.8 km east of Combeshead Tor.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1010669, which cites Fleming, The Dartmoor Reaves (1988), and the Devon County Sites and Monuments Register SX56NE-278 (1990).
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1010669)
- Grid reference: SX 5947 6849 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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