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Two irregular aggregate field systems with associated settlements, part of a coaxial field system, boundary stones and historic fields on Riddon Ridge
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Riddon Ridge holds two irregular aggregate field systems with their associated settlements, part of a larger coaxial field system that imposed order on the moorland. Boundary stones and historic field divisions remain visible across the landscape, recording centuries of farming organisation and land division.
These monuments belong to the medieval period, when Dartmoor's moorland was more intensively managed and settled than today. Walking the ridge, you can trace the outline of these ancient fields and imagine the lives of those who worked this exposed terrain, working within the systems and constraints that shaped the moor we see now.
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