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The medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey is a pastoral landscape feature comprising earthwork boundaries and temporary settlement remains dating to the medieval period. Located in Westmorland near the Premonstratensian abbey founded in the twelfth century, these features relate to the management of livestock and upland grazing lands that formed part of the abbey's extensive rural economy. The dykes represent field divisions and stock control systems, while the shieling structures indicate seasonal occupation associated with transhumance practices, whereby herds were moved to upland pastures during summer months. Together these remains illustrate the integrated agricultural and pastoral strategies employed by the abbey to exploit the moorland resources of the surrounding fell country.
Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011638. View the official record →
The medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey is a pastoral landscape feature comprising earthwork boundaries and temporary settlement remains dating to the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011638.
Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey 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 1011638.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn on White Raise (1.9 km), Round cairn west of White Raise (1.9 km), Shap large regular stone circle (2.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey stands on Ordovician Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.