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Rabbit warren 410m west and 310m north west of Beardown Farm

England
List entry 1021176
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021176
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
5 hectares
Grid reference
SX 60015 75441, SX 60155 75595
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Rabbit Warren 410m west and 310m north west of Beardown Farm is a scheduled ancient monument located in Devon, England. The site represents a post-medieval commercial enterprise dating from the early modern period, when rabbit warrens were established as managed hunting reserves and sources of meat and fur for landowners and their tenants. The warren would have comprised carefully maintained burrows and associated features designed to encourage and sustain a productive rabbit population. Such warrens were characteristic of the Tudor and Stuart periods across southern England, though many continued in operation into later centuries.

Rabbit warren 410m west and 310m north west of Beardown Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021176. View the official record →

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What is Rabbit warren 410m west and 310m north west of Beardown Farm?

Rabbit Warren 410m west and 310m north west of Beardown Farm is a scheduled ancient monument located in Devon, England.

Who is responsible for protecting Rabbit warren 410m west and 310m north west of Beardown Farm?

Rabbit warren 410m west and 310m north west of Beardown Farm 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 1021176.

What other scheduled monuments are near Rabbit warren 410m west and 310m north west of Beardown Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including One of a number of cairns with cists south of Shavercombe Brook (9.8 km), One of a number of cairns with cists south of Shavercombe Brook (9.8 km), One of a number of cairns with cists south of Shavercombe Brook (9.9 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

One of a number of cairns with cists south of Shavercombe Brook
9.8 km
One of a number of cairns with cists south of Shavercombe Brook
9.8 km
One of a number of cairns with cists south of Shavercombe Brook
9.9 km
Cairn and cist 425m north of Hen Tor
9.9 km
Agglomerated enclosure with hut circles south-west of Ditsworthy Clam
10 km
Rectangular building 420m north west of Hen Tor, forming an outlying part of Hentor Farm
10 km
Pillow mound 610m SSW of Ditsworthy Warren House forming part of Willings Walls Warren
10.1 km
Cairn with cist west of Legis Lake
10.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Rabbit warren 410m west and 310m north west of Beardown Farm

Rabbit warren 410m west and 310m north west of Beardown Farm stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Rabbit warren 410m west and 310m north west of Beardown Farm

ExeterRoman town · ~22.3 miles
Domesday entry for Sampford, Devon →
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