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HER Number:	MDV28476
Name:	Pillow mound between two Black Tor enclosures, South Brent

Summary

Pillow-mound situated a few metres north of an enclosed settlement at SX 67896340. It measures 10.0 metres by 5.0 metres with a height of 0.4 metres and has an encircling ditch 1.0 metre wide and 0.1 metres deep. Found during field investigation (1977).

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 678 633
Map Sheet:	SX66SE
Admin Area	Dartmoor National Park
Civil Parish	South Brent
District	South Hams
Ecclesiastical Parish	SOUTH BRENT

Protected Status

SHINE: Earthworks and walling remains of a Bronze Age settlement south-west of Black Tor, consisting of six enclosures, associated hut circles, a section of reave, cairns, a stone row and at least eight medieval pillow mounds
Scheduled Monument 1002505: Three enclosed hut groups, Black Tor, Shipley Bridge

Other References/Statuses

National Monuments Record: SX66SE101
National Record of the Historic Environment: 442060
Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/488
SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

PILLOW MOUND (Constructed, Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX66SE101 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV164379.

(18/07/1977) At SX 67896340 a pillow-mound is situated a few metres north of an enclosed settlement at SX 67896340. It measures 10.0 metres by 5.0 metres with a height of 0.4 metres and has an encircling ditch 1.0 metre wide and 0.1 metres deep. Found during field investigation.
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.

Not visible on aerial photographs.

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

Pillow mound shown between Enclosures 'A' and 'E' to the south-west of Black Tor.

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

Pillow mound shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV164379	Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX66SE101. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.
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.


SDV337765	Monograph: 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.


SDV363413	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #86077 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV14155	Part of: Warren south-west of Black Tor, South Brent (Monument)
MDV129062	Related to: Pillow mound between two Black Tor enclosures, South Brent (Monument)
MDV129063	Related to: Pillow mound between two Black Tor enclosures, South Brent (Monument)
MDV129064	Related to: Pillow mound south of the Black Tor enclosures, South Brent (Monument)
MDV129065	Related to: Pillow mound south of the Black Tor enclosures, South Brent (Monument)
MDV13385	Related to: Pillow mound south of the Black Tor enclosures, South Brent (Monument)
MDV129054	Related 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:	Jan 18 2022 4:53PM

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