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Summary

Pillow mound survives as a 14.5m by 5.5m by 0.7m high, flat-topped rectangular mound of earth and stone surrounded on four sides by the 1.5m wide, 0.2m deep ditch from which construction material was quarried. Leading from west end of ditch is a 10m long, 0.9m wide, 0.15m deep gully which may have served as a vermin trap.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1014458: Pillow mound 865m ESE of Trowlesworthy Warren House, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 SE 66
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/198/60
• Old SAM Ref: 28651
• Pastscape: 439294

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PILLOW MOUND (Constructed, XVIII to XIX - 1751 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

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

'Pillow mound' is shown on the aerial photograph transcription - no photograph reference is given.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140800 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(12/04/1995) Pillow mound at SX 5760 6450 forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren. Survives as a 14.5m by 5.5m by 0.7m high, flat-topped rectangular mound of earth and stone surrounded on four sides by the 1.5m wide, 0.2m deep ditch from which construction material was quarried. Leading from west end of ditch is a 10m long, 0.9m wide, 0.15m deep gully which may have served as a vermin trap.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, Map 51 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Robertson, J. G., 1994, The Archaeology of the Upper Plym Valley, 254-6 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV139549.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 79, 88-9, 102.369, 371, 373 and 374 (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

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

Depicted on the GIS survey layer based on the 2002 survey visits.

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

Visible on the aerial photography.

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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