Scheduled MonumentsEnglandThe North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge

The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge

England
List entry 1017874
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017874
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
72.24 hectares
Grid reference
SX 65129 85276, SX 65325 85760, SX 65276 85632, SX 64603 85132, SX 64558 85065, SX 64512 85029, SX 64612 85960, SX 64686 86126, SX 65998 85493, SX 64710 85591, SX 65323 85621
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Overview

History & significance

The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge is a Bronze Age and later landscape monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The coaxial field system comprises a pattern of parallel land divisions characteristic of Bronze Age agricultural organisation, with field boundaries formed by banks and walls that extend across the moorland terrain. The site includes later prehistoric and Romano-British activity represented by cairns, hut circles, and other settlement features distributed across the three named hills within the monument boundaries. The monument's significance lies in its preservation of multiple phases of land use spanning from the Bronze Age through the Romano-British period, offering evidence of sustained occupation and agricultural management across this upland landscape.

The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017874. View the official record →

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What is The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge?

The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge is a Bronze Age and later landscape monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017874.

Who is responsible for protecting The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge?

The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge 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 1017874.

What other scheduled monuments are near The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A prehistoric settlement with enclosures, an irregular aggregate field system and cairn north of Bellever Tor (8.2 km), A cairn and cist 380m west and a cairn and standing stone 370m south west of Bellever Tor, forming an outlying part of a cairn cemetery (8.6 km), Two irregular aggregate field systems with associated settlements, part of a coaxial field system, boundary stones and historic fields on Riddon Ridge (9.1 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge

The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge

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