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Summary

Enclosure containing a pillow mound and vermin trap. Forms part of Legis Tor Warren. The enclosure itself was constructed during the Bronze Age but the existing boundary walls appear to have been repaired in the Medieval or later period to prevent rabbits moving into other areas of the warren and to prevent vermin gaining access. For these reasons this re-used enclosure may have been a breeding area in which rabbits were raised for the purpose of stocking the outlying mounds.

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: SX56NE115
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/239/9
• Old SAM Ref: 22289

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP130889 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(22/02/1993) Enclosure containing pillow mound and vermin trap. Forms part of Legis Tor Warren. The enclosure itself was constructed during the Bronze Age and forms part of the prehistoric settlement within this area. However, during the Medieval and/or post-Medieval periods a pillow mound and vermin trap were built within the earlier enclosure, and it is likely that the existing boundary walls were repaired at this time to prevent rabbits moving into other areas of the warren and to prevent vermin gaining access. For these reasons this re-used enclosure may have been a breeding area in which rabbits were raised for the purpose of stocking the outlying mounds.
The pillow mound and vermin trap are described separately; see associated records.

Environment Agency WMS, 1998-2014, LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV359715.

Visible.

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

Visible.

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.

Recorded in survey.

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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