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Summary

Pillow mound lying within prehistoric enclosure. Forms part of Hentor Warren. The pillow mound survives as a 13m by 7m by 0.6m high, flat topped, sub rectangular mound of soil and stone surrounded by the 1.8m wide and 0.4m deep ditch from which construction material was quarried.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019082: Multi-period remains at Hentor Warren
• Scheduled Monument 1019082: Multi-period remains at Hentor Warren

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: sx56ne73
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/146/9
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/236/1
• Old SAM County Ref: 493
• Old SAM Ref: 24230(P)
• Pastscape: 438708
• Pastscape: 438876

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PILLOW MOUND (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

National Monuments Record, 1976, SX5865, 1/434 (Aerial Photograph). SDV152032.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX56NE73 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV152031.

(25/01/1979) One pillow mound lies within the enclosure

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Recorded from 1976 aerial photograph.

Brewer, D., 1986, A field guide to the boundary markers on and around Dartmoor, 52-4 (Monograph). SDV309252.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140402, 16/4/1996 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Pillow mound lying within prehistoric enclosure. Forms part of Hentor Warren. The pillow mound survives as a 13m by 7m by 0.6m high, flat topped, sub rectangular mound of soil and stone surrounded by the 1.8m wide and 0.4m deep ditch from which construction material was quarried.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 118-121, Map 49, Figure 49.7 (Monograph). SDV137656.

'Bury' shown in the south of the enclosure at Settlement 'A' at 'Lower Hentor Brook'.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 210/102.818210/102.818 (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

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

Depicted in survey.

English Heritage, 2005, Survey Information (miscellaneous date) (Report - Survey). SDV345855.

Pillow mound shown on survey.

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

Visible on aerial image.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UPHT-23 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(05/02/2020) Condition of this feature assessed as moderate; vegetation encroachment is threatening this feature. Pillow mound sides and surrounding area covered in reeds with grass on top only. Deep ditch mentioned in HER description not as obvious as description as blends in with surrounding area.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photographs taken during February 2020 visit.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Pillow mound shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1019082 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Within scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey

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