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Part of Eylesbarrow Reave
Devon
Eylesbarrow Reave is part of a long linear boundary, or reave, built during the Bronze Age to divide the open moorland into blocks for pastoral use. This particular stretch is a scheduled monument, protected for its archaeological importance. The reave appears as a low stony bank, often subtle in the moorland landscape and sometimes difficult to trace where vegetation has accumulated or stone has scattered.
Reaves are among Dartmoor's most distinctive prehistoric features, and this example contributes to a network that once structured daily life and land ownership across the moor. Walking the area today, you can follow the line of the boundary across the open ground and consider how these practical divisions shaped Bronze Age Dartmoor.
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