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This is a section of a reave, one of the Bronze Age field systems that divides Dartmoor into distinct territories. Reaves are long, low stone boundaries built to mark land divisions and control stock movement across the open moor. The Eylesbarrow watershed reave marks a significant boundary, running across high moorland where Bronze Age communities grazed animals and managed grazing rights across shared landscapes.
Walking here, you will find a low stone wall worn by time and weather, visible as a dark line across the heather and grass. Its presence shows how Dartmoor's Bronze Age inhabitants imposed order on the landscape. The reave's course follows natural contours and drainage patterns, suggesting careful knowledge of the terrain. This scheduled monument sits within a wider network of reaves that can still be traced across the moor.
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