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Summary

The Shapley Common parallel reave system runs for some 4 kilometres from the North Waller Brook at circa SX 678 821 to a little east of King's Barrow at circa SX 710 814. Most of the associated parallel reaves are aligned north east to south west and are on the north side of the terminal reave, although on both Shapley Tor and Hookney Down, there are reaves on the southern side of the boundary.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019999: Coaxial fields forming part of Shapley Common coaxial field system, 720m north of Hookney Tor
• Scheduled Monument 1020461: Prehistoric settlements, fields and enclosures within the Shapley Common coaxial field system, 770m south of Challacombe Cross

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68SE178
• National Monuments Record: SX68SE179
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 619292
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 619294
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/380
• Old SAM County Ref: DV885
• Old SAM Ref: 22376
• Old SAM Ref: 34432

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD SYSTEM (Constructed, Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD)
• REAVE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Hemery, E., 1983, High Dartmoor, 712 (Monograph). SDV249702.

(SX 69808250) "A neat well-formed reave crossing the common on the north side of the cairn (SX 68 SE 86) joins with another of similar type ninety yards west of the cairn, with which the road runs parallel".

Fleming, A., 1983, The Prehistoric Landscape of Dartmoor. Part 2: North and East Dartmoor, 231-2 (Article in Serial). SDV227880.

Fleming, A., 1988, The Dartmoor Reaves: Investigating Prehistoric Land Divisions, 53 (Monograph). SDV229071.

The Shapley Common parallel reave system runs for some 4 kilometres from the North Waller Brook at circa SX 678 821 to a little east of King's Barrow at circa SX 710 814. Most of the associated parallel reaves are aligned north east to south west and are on the north side of the terminal reave, although on both Shapley Tor and Hookney Down, there are reaves on the southern side of the boundary. At the eastern end, on Combe and Hookney Down, the terminal reave incorporates a group of hut circles (SX 78 SW 9) and a rectilinear field system (SX 78 SW 38).

Probert, S. + Newman, P., 1992, Statts Brook Survey (Report - Survey). SDV363803.

Passmore, A. J., 1997, Boveycombehedd, Chagford, Devon: an archaeological investigation of a Diachronic landscape (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV360382.

Probert, S. + Fletcher, M., 2000, English Heritage survey of Shapley Common (Report - Survey). SDV288478.

The Shapley Common parallel reave system runs for some 4 kilometres from the North Waller Brook at circa SX 678 821 to a little east of King's Barrow at circa SX 710 814. Most of the associated parallel reaves are aligned north east to south west and are on the north side of the terminal reave, although on both Shapley Tor and Hookney Down, there are reaves on the southern side of the boundary. At the eastern end, on Combe and Hookney Down, the terminal reave incorporates a group of hut circles (SX 78 SW 9) and a rectilinear field system (SX 78 SW 38).

Ancient Monuments, 2000-2001, Coaxial fields forming part of Shapley Common coaxial field system, 720m north of Hookney Tor (Schedule Document). SDV288477.

(11/12/2001) SX 6983 8200: A group of at least 3 coaxial fields situated on Shapley Tor overlooking the Bovey river valley. These fields form part of a more extensive field system which includes 4 parallel reaves leading towards a terminal reave. Field walls survive as earthworks with the odd protruding orthostat. Scheduled.
A group of at least three coaxial fields forming part of the Shapley Common system. Includes four parallel reaves leading towards a terminal reave. The field walls vary in character, but generally survive as earthworks with occasional protruding orthostats. These walls are up to 2.0 metres wide and stand 0.4 metres high.
(18/09/2001) A group of at least 3 coaxial fields situated on Shapley Tor overlooking the Bovey river valley. These fields form part of a more extensive field system which includes 4 parallel reaves leading towards a terminal reave. Field walls survive as earthworks with the odd protruding orthostat. Scheduled.

Newman, P., 2001, Headland Warren Part 2: Medieval Settlement and Enclosures (Report - Survey). SDV360131.

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

Newman, P., 2002, Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines (Report - Survey). SDV363213.

Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website, Accessed 21/06/2021 (Website). SDV364039.

SX 697 820: Reave sited from Fleming (1983) fig 6 and Ordnance Survey 10560 1965.

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)
• EDV7505 - Boveycombehedd, Chagford: An Archaeological Investigation of a Diachronic Landscape
• EDV8317 - Statts Brook Survey (Ref: 832644)

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