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Summary

A possible rabbit bury or pillow mound of probable medieval to post-medieval date is visible
as a curvilinear earthwork bank on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards on the south-east facing slopes immediately to the north-east of Trowlesworthy Warren House.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020323: Prehistoric and historic archaeological landscape at Trowlesworthy Warren

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/504

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) BANK (EARTHWORK) (Unknown date)
• PILLOW MOUND (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

Haynes, R. G., Map of Trowlesworthy Warren (Cartographic). SDV165949.

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/223, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/223 Vp2 5142-5143 12-JUL-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352279.

A curvilinear bank is visible as an earthwork.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 4290-4291 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

A curvilinear bank is visible as an earthwork.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 50, 102.134 (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

(1987) Substantial earthen bank running from SX 5691 6486 to SX 5683 6479, approximately parallel with wall SX56SE/499/1. Has been enlarged into a pillow mound, and was considered by the last warrener to be the bury. Measures 95m long, 4m wide, 1.2m high. Oriented north-east by south-west.

Environment Agency WMS, 1998-2016, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV360208.

Visible on the lidar data.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5664 03-MAY-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

A curvilinear bank is visible as an earthwork.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5664 31-MAY-2016 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

A curvilinear bank is visible as an earthwork.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, up-tr10 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(03/07/2019) Condition of pillow mounds assessed as good. Some vehicle damage at the south-western end of this mound has eroded part of the structure and could cause further damage.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Site photographed during July 2019 site visit.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

A mound is identifiable as a curvilinear earthwork bank approximately 112m long and up to 7.5m wide on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards on the south-east facing slopes immediately to the north-east of Trowlesworthy Warren House.
The visible earthwork does not correspond with any boundary depicted on the Tithe Map for Shaugh Prior but does correspond with a boundary depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1880s First Edition 25inch map. Most likely associated with medieval settlement at Warren House, the bank probably originated as part of a small field system of probable medieval character that was out of use in the early 19th century.
The visible mound is possibly the remains of a rabbit bury or pillow mound of medieval to post-medieval date, part of Trowlesworthy Warren (MDV14148), created by enlarging the extant field boundary.
The mound remains clearly identifiable on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2016.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

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
• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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