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| HER Number: | MDV12995 |
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| Name: | Pillow mound south-west of Saddle Bridge |
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Summary
A pillow mound set at right angles to a north east slope. It is 19.0 metres long, 4.0 metres wide and 0.9 metres high and is encompassed by a shallow ditch. Surveyed in 1977 and 1995.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 663 718 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Part of the Dartmeet parallel reave system east of Down Ridge. Earthworks and walling remains of a Bronze Age field system adjoining the Venford Reave, with numerous hut circles, enclosures, cairns and a later medieval field system
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67SE108
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 443173
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/151
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PILLOW MOUND (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
National Monument Record, 1977, NMR SX6672/3, 166-170 (Aerial Photograph). SDV144287.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX67SE108 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV234885.
(Visited 18/07/1977) At SX 6635 7185 a pillow mound is set at right angles to a north east slope at 309 metres OD. It is 19.0 metres long, 4.0 metres wide and 0.9 metres high and is encompassed by a shallow ditch. Surveyed at 1:10 000 on PFD.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Visible on the 1977 aerial photograph.
Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 1995-1997?, Royal Commission Survey on Down Ridge (Report - Survey). SDV363196.
(Visited 30/11/195) SX 6637 7185. The feature is as described in 1977. A similar mound (SX 67 SE 165) lies some 340 metres to the south.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV144287 | Aerial Photograph: National Monument Record. 1977. NMR SX6672/3. National Monument Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 166-170. |
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| SDV234885 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX67SE108. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Unknown. |
| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV6493 | Related to: Hut 120 metres south-west of Saddle Bridge (Monument) |
| MDV6495 | Related to: Hut 135 metres south-west of Saddle Bridge (Monument) |
| MDV6494 | Related to: Hut circle in enclosure 75 metres south-west of Saddle Bridge (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8146 - Royal Commission Survey at Down Ridge and Swincombe
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 1 2022 3:42PM |
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