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Summary

Pillow mound situated adjacent to the Willings Walls reave. Survives as a flat topped, sub-rectangular mound of soil and stone. It measures 23m by 7m by 0.75m high, and is surrounded by a ditch which survives as a buried feature.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019083: Medieval farmstead and field system, length of Willings Walls Reave, four round cairns, a ring cairn and pillow mounds at Willings Walls Warren

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 135
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/237/5
• Old SAM Ref: 24231
• Pastscape: 438879

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PILLOW MOUND (Constructed, XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140760 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(01/05/1995) Pillow mound situated adjacent to the Willings Walls reave. Survives as a flat topped, sub-rectangular mound of soil and stone. It measures 23m by 7m by 0.75m high, and is surrounded by a ditch which survives as a buried feature.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 206, 102.808 (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

Depicted on the GIS survey layers based on the 2002 Plym Valley survey visits.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on the aerial photography.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey

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