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HER Number:MDV129062
Name:Pillow mound between two Black Tor enclosures, South Brent

Summary

One of two pillow mounds between two Black Tor enclosures within the warren

Location

Grid Reference:SX 679 632
Map Sheet:SX66SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishSouth Brent
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishSOUTH BRENT

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX66SE71
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/488
  • Pastscape: 441980
  • SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • PILLOW MOUND (Constructed, Early Medieval to XXI - 1066 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 101, Map 57, Figure 57.1 (Monograph). SDV337765.

One of two pillow mounds shown between Enclosures 'F' and 'G' to the south-west of Black Tor.

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

Pillow mound visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.

Pillow mound shown on modern mapping.

National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 441980, SX66SE71 (Website). SDV363416.

Site visited on 21st December 1977. At Zeal Burrows (name not confirmed) centred at SX 67996317 on a south-east slope are seven bracken-covered pillow mounds. They average 15.5 metres long, 5.0 metres wide and 0.8 metres high, are all ditched, and have their main axis aligned with the slope. The pillow mound at SX 68016332 lies within an enclosure.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV337765Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. 101, Map 57, Figure 57.1.
SDV361462Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital).
SDV363413Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #127251 ]
SDV363416Website: National Monuments Record. 2020. Pastscape. https://www.pastscape.org.uk/. Website. 441980, SX66SE71.

Associated Monuments

MDV14155Part of: Warren south-west of Black Tor, South Brent (Monument)
MDV129063Related to: Pillow mound between two Black Tor enclosures, South Brent (Monument)
MDV28476Related to: Pillow mound between two Black Tor enclosures, South Brent (Monument)
MDV129064Related to: Pillow mound south of the Black Tor enclosures, South Brent (Monument)
MDV129065Related to: Pillow mound south of the Black Tor enclosures, South Brent (Monument)
MDV13385Related to: Pillow mound south of the Black Tor enclosures, South Brent (Monument)
MDV129054Related to: Pillow mound within settlement to the south of Black Tor, South Brent (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Nov 1 2020 1:18PM