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Summary

Survives as a 14.9m long, 4.7m wide and 1.1m high, flat-topped, oblong-shaped mound of soil and stone surrounded on four sides by the 1.4m wide and 0.9m deep ditch from which material was quarried during the construction of the mound. A clearly defined shallow gully leads south for 6m from the lower end of the mound. These gullies have traditionally been interpreted as drainage ditches, but they may also have served as preferred access routes for rabbits and vermin. Traps placed within these gullies could have been used to control both rabbit and vermin populations.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019876: Prehistoric settlement, three round cairns and a post-medieval rabbit warren at Legis Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 115
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/198
• Old SAM Ref: 22289
• Pastscape: 438828

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PILLOW MOUND (Constructed, Post Medieval to XVIII - 1540 AD to 1799 AD (Between))

Full description

Greeves, T. A. P., 1985, The Archaeology of Dartmoor from the Air, plate 13 (Monograph). SDV337812.

Cigar shaped and squat pillow mounds at Legistor. Aligned downslope with drainage round each one.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130881 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(22/02/1993) Pillow mound at SX 5699 6537. Survives as a 14.9m long, 4.7m wide and 1.1m high, flat-topped, oblong-shaped mound of soil and stone surrounded on four sides by the 1.4m wide and 0.9m deep ditch from which material was quarried during the construction of the mound. A clearly defined shallow gully leads south for 6m from the lower end of the mound. These gullies have traditionally been interpreted as drainage ditches, but they may also have served as preferred access routes for rabbits and vermin. Traps placed within these gullies could have been used to control both rabbit and vermin populations.

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

Visible on the aerial photography.

Newman , P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Ringmoor Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361636.

Depicted on survey layers.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7443 - Condition survey of archaeological sites in Ringmoor Training Area
• EDV7569 - Condition survey of Ringmoor Down training area
• EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey

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