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| HER Number: | MDV14154 |
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| Name: | Six pillow mounds, Harford |
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Summary
Early 20th century pillow mounds noted in this area; constructed by the china clay workers at Leftlake and Redlake to supplement their food supply.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 654 594 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX65NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Harford |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HARFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX65NE47
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 441221
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NE/251
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PILLOW MOUND (Constructed, XIX to Late 20th Century - 1900 AD (Between) to 1999 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV166101.
Osa=sx65ne47.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1190, 1140-1141 (Aerial Photograph). SDV163731.
Royal Air Force, 1953, RAF/58/1110, 0050 (Aerial Photograph). SDV142083.
Unamed mounds shown on Ordnace Survey 25 inch 1953 at SX 65245917, SX 65335928, SX 65375944 and SX 65655984).
Linehan, C. D., 1966, Deserted Sites and Rabbit-Warrens on Dartmoor, Devon, 124, table 2?, 3 (Article in Serial). SDV307246.
SX 654594. Warren with six pillow mounds listed, in the vicinity of the Redlake tramway, Ugborough.
National Monuments Record, 1980, NMR SF1743, 080 (Aerial Photograph). SDV161746.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Three pillow mounds visible on 1946 RAF aerial photograph and 1980 NMR aerial at SX 65655984, SX 65375943 and SX 65245917.
Harris, H., 1986, Industrial Archaeology of Dartmoor (Revised Edition), 96-7 (Monograph). SDV295019.
Workers in the Redlake and Leftlake china clay industry, 1910 to 1932, built rabbit warrens to augment their food supply. The remains of these can be seen in several places along the course of the old mineral railway. Possibly the unamed mounds shown on Ordnance Survey 25 inch 1953 at SX 6545928, SX 65335928, SX 65375944 and SX 65655984.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV142083 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1953. RAF/58/1110. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. 0050. |
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| SDV161746 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1980. NMR SF1743. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 080. |
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| SDV163731 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1190. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 1140-1141. |
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| SDV166101 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV295019 | Monograph: Harris, H.. 1986. Industrial Archaeology of Dartmoor (Revised Edition). Industrial Archaeology of Dartmoor. Hardback Volume. 96-7. |
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| SDV307246 | Article in Serial: Linehan, C. D.. 1966. Deserted Sites and Rabbit-Warrens on Dartmoor, Devon. Medieval Archaeology. 10. Digital. 124, table 2?, 3. |
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| 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
| MDV3138 | Related to: The Redlake China Clay Railway, Harford & Dratmoor Forest Parishes (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 13 2021 9:10AM |
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