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Summary

An isolated 0.065 hectare sub-rectangular enclosure at the eastern head of the Redwater valley, associated with Headland Warren. The enclosure is first recorded on a map of 1797 together with six similar examples in the Redwater and West Webburn valleys. Their purpose has been the subject of much debate but they are likely to have been used for trapping and harvesting rabbits. The enclosure is an approximate rectangle of 40m by 13m with rounded corners. The southern portion is built into the floor of a large tinwork, for which the west and east walls descend the slope to meet it. The walls are constructed in moorstone using a drystone tradition and are now partly collapsed. The interior is slightly raised.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1021340: Tinworks, field systems, settlements, warren, cairns and a stone alignment at Headland Warren

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68SE366
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1345199
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 34499

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Haynes, R. G., 1970, Vermin Traps and Rabbit Warrens on Dartmoor (Article in Serial). SDV166302.

Enclosures used for accommodating rabbits.

Newman, P., 2001, Headland Warren Part 3: The Warren, 5-7, Figure 2 (Report - Survey). SDV359913.

(26/07/2001) Centred SX 6815 8139. An isolated 0.065 ha. sub-rectangular enclosure at the eastern head of the Redwater valley, associated with Headland Warren (SX 68 SE 339). The enclosure is first recorded on a map of 1797 together with six similar examples in the Redwater and West Webburn valleys. Their purpose has been the subject of much debate but they are likely to have been used for trapping and harvesting rabbits. The enclosure is an approximate rectangle of 40m by 13m with rounded corners. The southern portion is built into the floor of a large tinwork, for which the west and east walls descend the slope to meet it. The walls are constructed in moorstone using a drystone tradition and are now partly collapsed. The interior is slightly raised.
Depicted on a map of 1797 (1797 map of part of Shapley Hellion, Devon Record Office survey 1508M V5).
Depicted on 1st edition OS 25-inch map of 1885 and all subsequent editions.

Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.

Enclosure shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7139 - Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines Survey (Ref: A1/20/2001, A1/34/2002)

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