Headland Warren dating from the early 18th to the early 20th century and bounded by at least 14 inscribed boundary stones. The warren included seven isolated enclosures, 37 pillow mounds and at least five vermin traps
Headland Warren, of about 590 acres (262ha) was bounded by a high rabbit proof wall to the south, Wallabrook to the west, and the road on the east, and extended northwards level with Birch Tor.
Boundary stones mark the edge of the warren between the Wallabrook and the Widecombe road. The warren is deficient in buries. One has been found in the vicinity of the house, and seven on the slopes below Bennett's Cross. The rabbits were kept in walled enclosures thickly planted with sheltering gorse. Four of these remain in the west of headland, and others are in the vicinity of the Warren House. Two vermin traps have been noted.
Two walled fields are visible and recorded, and one pillow mound is visible at sx69058111.
It is argued that warrens with such enclosures had no need for pillow mounds which are more common on extensive or open warrens.
Headland Warren occupies 246 hectares of land at the head of three River Dart tributaries, Walla Brook, Redwater Brook and the West Webburn. To the west the Walla Brook forms a natural boundary, to the south a drystone wall extends along the Manaton and North Bovey parish boundary to a point close to Firth Bridge. From there a series of inscribed boundary stones delineate the north and north-west sides of the warren. The warren dating from the early 18th to the early 20th century included seven isolated enclosures, 37 pillow mounds and at least five vermin traps.
Headland Warren. A rabbit warren which is first documented in 1797 and operated until the early 1920s. The warren is spread over 248 hectares to the north of the Manaton and North Bovey parish boundary wall and includes Birch Tor and the northern end of Soussons Common. The remains include a series of boundary stones marking the northern and eastern limits of the warren; 34 pillow mounds; six isolated enclosures and five vermin traps. The original Headland Warren house is still occupied as a private residence.
MDV113586 | Parent of: Boundary Stone marking the boundary of Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV113589 | Parent of: Boundary Stone marking the boundary of Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118777 | Parent of: Boundary Stone marking the boundary of Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118778 | Parent of: Boundary Stone marking the boundary of Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118779 | Parent of: Boundary Stone marking the boundary of Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118780 | Parent of: Boundary Stone marking the boundary of Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118813 | Parent of: Boundary Stone marking the boundary of Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV41465 | Parent of: Boundary Stone marking the boundary of Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV44110 | Parent of: Boundary Stone marking the boundary of Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV60226 | Parent of: Boundary Stone marking the boundary of Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV113588 | Parent of: Boundary Stone marking the boundary of Headland Warren,North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV44111 | Parent of: Boundary Stone within the southern boundary wall of Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118815 | Parent of: Central of three Boundary Stones marking the eastern boundary of Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV14382 | Parent of: Eastern Vermin Trap at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV117582 | Parent of: Enclosure (a) within Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV117587 | Parent of: Enclosure (b) within Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV117589 | Parent of: Enclosure (c) within Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV117590 | Parent of: Enclosure (d) within Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV117596 | Parent of: Enclosure (e) within Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV117593 | Parent of: Enclosure (f) within Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV117591 | Parent of: Enclosure (g) within Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV93080 | Parent of: Headland Warren Barn, North Bovey (Building) |
MDV14381 | Parent of: Headland Warren House, North Bovey (Building) |
MDV113612 | Parent of: Northern of three Boundary Stones marking the eastern boundary of Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV117783 | Parent of: Pillow Mound at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV117784 | Parent of: Pillow Mound at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV117785 | Parent of: Pillow Mound at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV117789 | Parent of: Pillow Mound at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV117791 | Parent of: Pillow Mound at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118749 | Parent of: Pillow Mound at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV117780 | Parent of: Pillow Mounds at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV117781 | Parent of: Pillow Mounds at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV117782 | Parent of: Pillow Mounds at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV117786 | Parent of: Pillow Mounds at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV117787 | Parent of: Pillow Mounds at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV117788 | Parent of: Pillow Mounds at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118750 | Parent of: Pillow Mounds at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118752 | Parent of: Pillow Mounds at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV6699 | Parent of: Pillow Mounds at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118816 | Parent of: Southern of three Boundary Stones marking the eastern boundary of Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV112644 | Parent of: Vermin Trap 220 metres west of Headland Warren Farm, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV22804 | Parent of: Vermin Trap at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV78200 | Parent of: Vermin Trap within Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118817 | Parent of: Wall marking the southern boundary of Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV54585 | Parent of: Western Vermin Trap in the Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV6619 | Related to: Bennett's Cross on the western boundary of Headland Warren, Chagford and North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118933 | Related to: Medieval Enclosure north-west of Headland Warren Farmstead, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118934 | Related to: Medieval Enclosures north of Headland Warren Farmstead, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118821 | Related to: Medieval Enclosures within the Settlement at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118932 | Related to: Medieval Field Boundaries running south to the Challacombe Wall at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118867 | Related to: Medieval Field Boundaries to the south of Bennet's Cross at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118869 | Related to: Medieval Field Boundaries to the south of Birch Tor at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118930 | Related to: Medieval Field Boundaries to the south of Headland Warren Farmstead, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118929 | Related to: Medieval Field Boundaries to the south-west of Birch Tor and Vitifer Tin Mine at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118870 | Related to: Medieval Field Boundaries to the south-west of Vitifer Mine at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118868 | Related to: Medieval Field Boundary along the northern boundary of Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118935 | Related to: Medieval Field Boundary to the north-east of Birch Tor at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118862 | Related to: Medieval Field System to the north of the Settlement at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118865 | Related to: Medieval Field System to the north-west of the Redwater valley at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118864 | Related to: Medieval Field System to the south of the Settlement at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118819 | Related to: Medieval Longhouse within the Settlement at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118820 | Related to: Medieval Longhouse within the Settlement at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118931 | Related to: Medieval Lynchet running 250 metres south to the Challacombe Wall at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV118818 | Related to: Medieval Settlement within Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV20721 | Related to: The 'New Warren House', Headland Warren (Building) |