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Coaxial fields forming part of Shapley Common coaxial field system is a prehistoric agricultural landscape monument located 720 metres north of Hookney Tor in Devon. The system comprises a series of parallel field boundaries aligned on a common axis, characteristic of Bronze Age or Iron Age land organisation in south-west England. Such coaxial field systems represent a significant phase of landscape planning and represent an important record of ancient agriculture and territorial division. The monument survives as earthwork evidence of linear field boundaries that demonstrate the sophistication of prehistoric farming communities in managing and allocating agricultural land across the upland commons of Devon.
Coaxial fields forming part of Shapley Common coaxial field system, 720m north of Hookney Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019999. View the official record →
Coaxial fields forming part of Shapley Common coaxial field system is a prehistoric agricultural landscape monument located 720 metres north of Hookney Tor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019999.
Coaxial fields forming part of Shapley Common coaxial field system, 720m north of Hookney Tor is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1019999.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Yar Tor stone row and adjacent cist (8.3 km), Ouldsbroom Cross (8.8 km), Hut circles SE of Yar Tor (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Coaxial fields forming part of Shapley Common coaxial field system, 720m north of Hookney Tor's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Coaxial fields forming part of Shapley Common coaxial field system, 720m north of Hookney Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.