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Summary

29 metre by 6 metre by 1.3 metre high, flat topped, oblong shaped mound of soil and stone surrounded on four sides by the 2.4 metre wide and 0.4 metre deep ditch from which construction material was quarried.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1014658: Pillow mound 840m north east of Trowlesworthy Warren House, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/240/19
• Old SAM Ref: 24242

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Crossing, W., 1912 (1965), Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor, 431 (Monograph). SDV320981.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK, 1190 (Aerial Photograph). SDV71055.

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

Pillow mound visible on north facing slope of Trowlesworthy Warren.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133547 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Pillow mound at SX57556510. This pillow mound forms part of Trowlesworthy Warren. It survives as a 29 metre by 6 metre by 1.3 metre high, flat topped, oblong shaped mound of soil and stone surrounded on four sides by the 2.4 metre wide and 0.4 metre deep ditch from which construction material was quarried.

National Trust and English Heritage, 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape, Page 105, number 102.429 (Report - non-specific). SDV166309.

Pillow mound at SX5755 6511. Sub-rectangular earthen mound, surrounded by a ditch, 2.5 metres wide and 0.2 metres deep. 27 metres long by 5 metres wide and 1 metre high, oriented south-south-west by north-north-east.

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

Depicted on map.

Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.

Map object based on this source.

Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.

Depicted on the modern mapping. Map object based on this source.

English Heritage, 2015, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV357602.

This monument includes a pillow mound situated on a gentle north west facing slope overlooking the River Plym.
This pillow mound survives as a 29m long, 6m wide and 1.3m high, flat-topped, oblong shaped mound of soil and stone surrounded by the 2.4m wide and 0.4m deep ditch from which material was quarried during its construction.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7369 - Survey of Granite Loading Bays at Trowlesworthy, Devon
• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey

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